Böcker av Cathy Jean Maloney

"Olmsted's Riverside tells the story of the oasis of Riverside, Illinois, a Chicago suburb planned by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1869. The book describes the village's inception and details in four chronological chapters how Riverside adapted to tragedies and changes in public works technology and environmental thought"--

Once maligned as a swampy outpost, the fledgling city of Chicago brazenly adopted the motto Urbs in horto, or City in a Garden, in 1837. This book shows how this upstart town earned its sobriquet over the next century, from the first vegetable plots at Fort Dearborn to innovative garden designs at the 1933 World's Fair.