Roadways. She talks about how the innovations were used in the development of americas freeway system. Today we are looking at the development of roads. You probably know that you dont know a lot of Landscape Architects who do roads. Its not something we appreciate with Landscape Architecture but it wasnt so. Well start with a little bit of review in this familiar landscape which every one should recognize. We look at the Central Park and we look at Prospect Park which was boxes next great park in the late 1860s. They designed roads associated with this park. Originally suppo to be four. Two were built. Here is a view of Ocean Parkway from 1894. Its a wider than average street. Its wider. They were usually tree lined. We talked a bit about boulevards and a parkway in the beginning was a wide street with trees indistinguishable from the term boulevard. They are pretty much identical. The most significant Aspect Or Difference is the name which provided a sense of the utility of the parkw
With Landscape Architecture but it wasnt so. Well start with a little bit of review in this familiar landscape which every one should recognize. We look at the Central Park and we look at Prospect Park which was boxes next great park in the late 1860s. They designed roads associated with this park. Originally suppo to be four. Two were built. Here is a view of Ocean Parkway from 1894. Its a wider than average street. Its wider. They were usually tree lined. We talked a bit about boulevards and a parkway in the beginning was a wide street with trees indistinguishable from the term boulevard. They are pretty much identical. The most significant Aspect Or Difference is the name which provided a sense of the utility of the parkway as linking a park to park. Theres this idea of park. Its connected seamlessly with parkway. Parkways became to be a bit more serious with the design of this system which is, anyone . Yeah. The buffalo Park System. Right. Designed by on stead in 1871. We can see o
Development of roads and the role of the Landscape Architect. The modern freeway that you guys drive every day has its roots in Landscape Architecture and Park Planning that weve been talking about this semester. This familiar landscape, which everyone should, i hope, recognize, which is of course prospect park. So we look at central park, then at prospect park. The next great park in the 1860s. They designed roads associated with this park. These were intended to be broad, treelined streets, spinning off the edges of the park in here. And there were originally supposed to be four. Two were actually built, eastern and Ocean Parkway. Here is a view of Ocean Parkway from 1894. If we think about this, which is the first, one of the first references to parkways in the united states, olmsted and vox based their idea off an avenue in paris, if you think about the work we talked about earlier, in this early conception of the parkway theyre thinking about a couple of rather simple ideas. First
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