Great City Parks

by Tate; Alan

• ISBN13: 9780419244202
• ISBN10: 0419244204
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-13
• Publisher: Spon Press

Summary

An extraordinary look at twenty public parks in a number of major cities in North America and Western Europe. Every city park has a history. But the book is not a historical study. It is based on the principle that parks, like cities, are constantly developing and are never completed. It reflects a belief that well-planned, well-designed and well-managed parks remain invaluable components of cities today. Each park's origins, designers, design principles, current management and use, and proposals for future use are covered in the text. The text is based on extensive site visits and interviews with managing organizations and is supplemented with newly drawn plans and color photos.

Author Biography

Alan Tate is Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba, Canada and a former President of the Landscape Institute of the United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Paley Park, New York	5	(5)
Village of Yorkville Park, Toronto	10	(7)
Freeway Park, Seattle	17	(8)
Bryant Park, New York	25	(7)
Parc de Bercy, Paris	32	(7)
Parc Andre-Citroen, Paris	39	(8)
Parc Des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris	47	(9)
Parc de la Villette, Paris	56	(10)
Parque de Maria Luisa, Seville	66	(7)
Birkenhead Park, Merseyside	73	(10)
Regent's Park, London	83	(12)
Grant Park, Chicago	95	(10)
Stadtpark, Hamburg	105	(9)
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord	114	(9)
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York	123	(10)
Tiergarten, Berlin	133	(11)
Central Park, New York	144	(13)
Stanley Park, Vancouver	157	(11)
Amsterdamse Bos, Amsterdam	168	(11)
Minneapolis Park System	179	(14)
Reflections	193	(6)
Endnotes	199	(15)
Backword	214	(2)
Index	216