The City In A Garden: A Photographic History Of Chicago's Parks (Center For American Places - Center Books On Chicago And Environs) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Most people, specialists or not, typically think of New York City or Boston when considering the early development of parks and open spaces in American cities. Despite the size and importance of the Chicago park system, its history is less well known-even to many of those Chicagoans who regularly enjoy its facilities.City in a Garden, developed in association with the Chicago Park District itself, changes that: its 184 large--format pages, packed with 140 images and a closely integrated text, provide the first official documentary chronicle of Chicago's parks. Thirty-one of the city's finest spaces are profiled, using photographs--both contemporary and historical-along with detailed vignettes and captions to trace their development. The visual treat of the book's fine-art duotones combines with its emphasis on narrative history to create a rich and magnificent exploration of a city's most beautiful sites.
Series: Center for American Places - Center Books on Chicago and Environs
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Center for American Places; 1 edition (September 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1930066023
ISBN-13: 978-1930066021
Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #304 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Architectural > Cities #521 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Regional U.S. > Midwest #1813 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Visual Arts > Photography
This book received an Award of Merit from the American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Awards Program in 2003.
Liked it
The City in a Garden: A Photographic History of Chicago's Parks (Center for American Places - Center Books on Chicago and Environs) Amy's Maine Coloring Book: Book 1, Houses and Environs (Volume 1) Estadounidenses asombrosos: Rosa Parks (Amazing Americans: Rosa Parks) (Spanish Version) (Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy) (Spanish Edition) Art Parks: A Tour of America's Sculpture Parks and Gardens Uluru: Kata Tjuta and Watarrka National Parks (National Parks Field Guides) Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks: A Guide To The Parks' Greatest Hiking Adventures (Regional Hiking Series) National Parks: A Kid's Guide to America's Parks, Monuments and Landmarks National Parks of America: Experience America's 59 National Parks (Lonely Planet) National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States, 8th Edition (National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States) Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks The National Parks of the United States: A Photographic Journey Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas (Color Atlas of Anatomy a Photographic Study of the Human Body) Ansel Adams in the National Parks: Photographs from America's Wild Places Life: Places of the Bible: A Photographic Pilgrimage The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bears: A Decade-By-Decade History A Coloring Book for Adults and Children - Secret Village: Extra Large Edition - Beautiful Underground Houses, Secret Cottages and Garden Hiding Places (The Most Beautiful Coloring Books) (Volume 1) The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record (Dover Architectural) Rainmakers: A Photographic Story of Center Pivots SEO for Google Places - The Secret to Crushing Your Competition with Local SEO and Google Places Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition (Robert Young Pelton the World's Most Dangerous Places)
