{"product_id":"eden-by-design-the-1930-olmsted-bartholomew-plan-for-los-angeles-region-9780520224155","title":"Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for Los Angeles Region","description":"In 1930 the Olmsted Brothers and Harland Bartholomew \u0026amp; Associates submitted a report, \"Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region,\" to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. After a day or two of coverage in the newspapers, the report dropped from sight. The plan set out a system of parks and parkways, children's playgrounds, and public beaches. It is a model of ambitious, intelligent, sensitive planning commissioned at a time when land was available, if only the city planners had had the fortitude and vision to act on its recommendations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches\" has become a highly valued but difficult-to-find document. In this book, Greg Hise and William Deverell examine the reasons it was called for, analyze why it failed, and open a discussion about the future of urban public space. In addition to their introduction and a facsimile reproduction of the report, \u003ci\u003eEden by Design\u003c\/i\u003e includes a dialogue between Hise, Deverell, and widely admired landscape architect Laurie Olin that illuminates the significance of the Olmsted-Bartholomew report and situates it in the history of American landscape planning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-155492\"\u003eGreg Hise\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11526130\"\u003eWilliam F. Deverell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.08w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520224155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520224159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC010000\"\u003eUrban \u0026amp; Land Use Planning\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC005000\"\u003eHistory | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC008000\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Hise\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Urban History and Planning at the University of Southern California and author of\u003ci\u003e Magnetic Los Angeles: Planning the Twentieth-Century Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). \u003cb\u003eWilliam Deverell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRailroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1994), coeditor \u003ci\u003eof California Progressivism Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1994), and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMetropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44565766865133,"sku":"9780520224155","price":58.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7733f899-c9b1-49da-b7dc-e3fe48e2d69c.jpg?v=1701869234","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/eden-by-design-the-1930-olmsted-bartholomew-plan-for-los-angeles-region-9780520224155","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}