Call number
NWC 712 H
Collection
Publication
Washington State University Press (2009), 162 pages
Description
Landscape architect John Charles Olmsted was mentored by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York¿s Central Park. In the early 1900s, the meticulous, visionary protégé brought his famous stepfather¿s pastoral aesthetic to premier parks throughout the Pacific Northwest¿green retreats that still refresh urban souls in Portland, Seattle, and Spokane.
Pages
162
ISBN
0874222982 / 9780874222982
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