An edition of A clearing in the distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the nineteenth century
(1999)
A Clearing In The Distance
Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
by Witold Rybczynski
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Landscape architecture, Civilization, Biography, Landscape architects, History, United States, Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903, 19th century, Landschapsarchitectuur, Architecten, Parken, Olmsted, Frederick Law, -- 1822-1903, Olmsted, frederick law, 1822-1903, United states, history, 19th century, Architects, biography, United states, civilization, BiographiePlaces
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"OLMSTED WAS AN ORGANIZER when organization was considered a symptom of monomania," and a long-range planner in a period that thought of planning as "mysterious.""
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