Book 2011

Genius of Place

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Publisher: Hachette Books
Language: English
Published: 2011

City planning
Biography
Landscape architects
Social reformers
History
Architects, biography
City planning, united states

Describes the life of the landscape architect responsible for New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace including his lesser-known time spent as an influential journalist, early voice for the environment and abolitionist, all overshadowed by a tragic personal life.