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Atlanta's Parks and Monuments

Atlanta's Parks and Monuments
Author: Rodney Mims Cook Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-06-10
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1439643466

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Since the citys beginnings after the War of 1812, Atlanta has had a tradition of building with a regard for becoming a world-class metropolis. Before being burned by Union general William T. Sherman in 1864, the citys appearance was described by noted European architect and urban planner Leon Krier as looking like London in the 18th century. Atlanta was surrounded by estates and plantations, and many of the plantation builders were influenced by Greek and Roman architecture. The argument of slavery to the contrary, builders saw Greek temples as symbols of democracy and, as a result, embraced Greek and Roman revival architecture as the dominant national style. Great monuments followed in this tradition to the letter in the capital of the South.


Atlanta's Parks and Monuments

Atlanta's Parks and Monuments
Author: Rodney Mims Jr. Cook
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-06-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781531667887

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Since the city's beginnings after the War of 1812, Atlanta has had a tradition of building with a regard for becoming a world-class metropolis. Before being burned by Union general William T. Sherman in 1864, the city's appearance was described by noted European architect and urban planner Leon Krier as "looking like London in the 18th century." Atlanta was surrounded by estates and plantations, and many of the plantation builders were influenced by Greek and Roman architecture. The argument of slavery to the contrary, builders saw Greek temples as symbols of democracy and, as a result, embraced Greek and Roman revival architecture as the dominant national style. Great monuments followed in this tradition to the letter in the capital of the South.


Atlanta's Parks and Monuments

Atlanta's Parks and Monuments
Author: Rodney Mims Cook Jr
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 146711006X

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Since the city's beginnings after the War of 1812, Atlanta has had a tradition of building with a regard for becoming a world-class metropolis. Before being burned by Union general William T. Sherman in 1864, the city's appearance was described by noted European architect and urban planner Leon Krier as "looking like London in the 18th century." Atlanta was surrounded by estates and plantations, and many of the plantation builders were influenced by Greek and Roman architecture. The argument of slavery to the contrary, builders saw Greek temples as symbols of democracy and, as a result, embraced Greek and Roman revival architecture as the dominant national style. Great monuments followed in this tradition to the letter in the capital of the South.


Historic Grant Park

Historic Grant Park
Author: Jennifer Goad Cuthbertson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2011-05-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 143962674X

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Both the neighborhood of Grant Park and the 131-acre park take their shared name from railroad executive Lemuel P. Grant. The park was a gift to the City of Atlanta from Grant and was designed by John Charles Olmsted, the stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted. It became an urban haven where people came to "take the waters" from its natural springs, canoe on Lake Abana, and stroll the winding pathways in the pastoral park. A neighborhood sprang up around this oasis and was filled with homes that were designed in the spirit of Victorian painted ladies, Craftsman bungalows, Queen Anne, and New South cottages. In 1979, the structures within the neighborhood and park were placed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Parks Department, City of Atlanta

Parks Department, City of Atlanta
Author: Atlanta (Ga.). Parks Department
Publisher:
Total Pages: 4
Release: 19??
Genre: Parks
ISBN:

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Atlanta's Historic Westview Cemetery

Atlanta's Historic Westview Cemetery
Author: Jeff Clemmons
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2018
Genre: ARCHITECTURE
ISBN: 1626199671

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In 1884, several leading citizens purchased 577 acres to open Atlanta's Westview Cemetery. The rolling terrain, part of which was a site in the Civil War battle of Ezra Church, became the final resting place for more than 100,000 people. Prominent locals buried here include Grant Park namesake L.P. Grant, author Joel Chandler Harris, High Museum benefactor Harriet High, Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler Sr. and Havertys founder J.J. Haverty. The cemetery's Westview Abbey mausoleum is one of the nation's largest, with more than eleven thousand crypts. Throughout its history, Westview dabbled in other business ventures, including a cafeteria, a funeral home and an ambulance service. And for decades, the cemetery's Westview Floral Company sold flowers to lot owners and local businesses, leading to its own advice column in the Atlanta Constitution. Author Jeff Clemmons traces the complete history of this treasured necropolis.