Editorial Reviews
Review
...one thing this book does accomplish with its attractive presentation of distinctive examples is that it makes laypersons and public officials appreciate the importance of urban parks.
-TOPOS, December 2001
Alan Tate sees historically correct restorations as 'exercises in nostalgia'...but he is nevertheless extremely lucid on the often intricate historical background of the twenty sites he discusses in Great City Parks.
-Gillian Mawrey, Historic Gardens Review, Autumn 2001/Winter 2002
This well-presented academic text is by Alan Tate, with photographs mostly by the late Martin Jones...there are excellent accounts of North American parks...but it should be on the shelves of all serious landscape, urban design and city planning offices.
-Robert Holden, University of Greenwich, Architect's Journal, January 2002
This generously illustrated hard-back publication, whilst almost a coffee table book, contains far too much useful and re-useable information on public spaces to be a merely decorative item.
-Juliet Matthews, Resource Urban Design Information
Book Description
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.
Great City Parks
Great City Parks,Alan Tate,Spon Press,0419244204,Architecture,Canada,Europe, Western,Landscape,Landscape architecture,Parks,Planning,United States,Urban Architecture,Urban parks,Architecture / Reference,Europe,Landscape art & architecture,North America
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