Centennial Anniversary Program, 1853-1953
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Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Prescott (Wis.) |
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Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Prescott (Wis.) |
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Author | : Portland (Me.) |
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Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1886 |
Genre | : Portland (Me.) |
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Author | : First Church, United Brethren in Christ (Highspire, Pa.) |
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Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 1942 |
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Author | : Alice (Barrie) M. Scardino Bradley |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 2013-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1623491096 |
Richly illustrated with rare period photographs, Houston’s Hermann Park: A Century of Community provides a vivid history of Houston’s oldest and most important urban park. Author and historian Barrie Scardino Bradley sets Hermann Park in both a local and a national context as this grand park celebrates its centennial at the culmination of a remarkable twenty-year rejuvenation. As Bradley shows, Houston’s development as a major American city may be traced in the outlines of the park’s history. During the early nineteenth century, Houston leaders were most interested in commercial development and connecting the city via water and rail to markets beyond its immediate area. They apparently felt no need to set aside public recreational space, nor was there any city-owned property that could be so developed. By 1910, however, Houston leaders were well aware that almost every major American city had an urban park patterned after New York’s Central Park. By the time the City Beautiful Movement and its overarching Progressive Movement reached the consciousness of Houstonians, Central Park’s designer, Frederick Law Olmsted, had died, but his ideals had not. Local advocates of the City Beautiful Movement, like their counterparts elsewhere, hoped to utilize political and economic power to create a beautiful, spacious, and orderly city. Subsequent planning by the renowned landscape architect and planner George Kessler envisioned a park that would anchor a system of open spaces in Houston. From that groundwork, in May 1914, George Hermann publicly announced his donation of 285 acres to the City of Houston for a municipal park. Bradley develops the events leading up to the establishment of Hermann Park, then charts how and why the park developed, including a discussion of institutions within the park such as the Houston Zoo, the Japanese Garden, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The book’s illustrations include plans, maps, and photographs both historic and recent that document the accomplishments of the Hermann Park Conservancy since its founding in 1992. Royalties from sales will go to the Hermann Park Conservancy for stewardship of the park on behalf of the community.
Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2023-01-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3382100193 |
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author | : Bancroft |
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Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1854 |
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Author | : Macedonia Baptist Church (Baltimore) |
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Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 1974 |
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Author | : New York Historical Society |
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Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1854 |
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Author | : Joint Committee on the Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of New York by the British |
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : New York (N.Y.) |
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Author | : United States Centennial Commission |
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Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Centennial Exhibition |
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