Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts
Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts

Author: Andrew Jackson Downing

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-06-18

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0393733831

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A collection of essential writings by the father of landscape architecture and the urban park movement in the United States. Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), a much-sought-after designer, influential writer, and editor of The Horticulturist, was an internationally known shaper of opinion. Robert Twombly has selected thirty-three essays on Architecture and Building, Landscape Gardening, Parks and Other Public Places, Village Beautification, Horticulture, and Agricultural Education, and provides an introduction to Downing’s life and work and suggestions for further reading.

Victorian Cottage Residences
Victorian Cottage Residences

Author: Andrew Jackson Downing

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0486142825

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This incredibly rich, firsthand source for the most popular styles of 19th-century Victorian architecture presents 26 cottage designs — including Gothic, bracketed, Italianate, "rustic," more — and 155 illustrations (includes floor plans).

Crabgrass Frontier
Crabgrass Frontier

Author: Kenneth T. Jackson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1987-04-16

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0199840342

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This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. He treats communities in every section of the U.S. and compares American residential patterns with those of Japan and Europe. In conclusion, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe.

The Complete House and Grounds
The Complete House and Grounds

Author: Caren Yglesias

Publisher: Center for American Places

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935195245

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Andrew Jackson Downing, now considered the father of American landscape architecture, was among the first to develop aesthetic theories that differed sharply from those perpetuated in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe. He designed houses based upon American democratic values and advocated for domestic design that would satisfy basic human needs along with the desire to live well. In this book, Caren Yglesias, a practicing architect, examines Downing's legacy with an eye for relevance to today's domestic landscape. She builds on Downing's work in order to redefine what makes a "complete," or nurturing and fulfilling, house and grounds.

Building the National Parks
Building the National Parks

Author: Linda Flint McClelland

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 9780801855832

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The Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency, was founded in 1942 by William 'Wild Bill' Donovan under the direction of President Roosevelt, who realized the need to improve intelligence during wartime. A rigorous recruitment process enlisted agents from both the armed services and civilians to produce operational groups specializing in different foreign areas including Italy, Norway, Yugoslavia and China. At its peak in 1944, the number of men and women working in the service totaled nearly 13,500. This intriguing story of the origins and development of the American espionage forces covers all of the different departments involved, with a particular emphasis on the courageous teams operating in the field. The volume is illustrated with many photographs, including images from the film director John Ford who led the OSS Photographic Unit and parachuted into Burma in 1943.

Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest
Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest

Author: Kim Coventry

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9780393730999

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On Lake Michigan's North Shore, an extraordinary group of cosmopolitan and wealthy clients commissioned havens from the city's bustle during the Gilded Age.

Republic of Shade
Republic of Shade

Author: Thomas J. Campanella

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2003-04-10

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780300097399

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'Elm Street' has satisfied America's quest for a pastoral urbanism since the time of Jefferson.