comparemela.com

Latest Breaking News On - Frederick nelson - Page 1 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Olmsted Brothers Seattle Parks 20240710

Sort out and still is not entirely sorted out. It was a city that was a long ways from anything, not served by railroads. Not until 1875 or so where we get regular train service. So, the city of seattle, Civic Leaders are very focused on economic development and on developing the waterfront facilities and sort of that subsistence mindset. Where we need to survive and get the city off the ground. There were a few attempts to add some refinements. There were a couple of parks added early on in the 1880s. But, in one attempt in 1892, to actually do a Parks System, you see the influence of the olmsted principles that early in seattle. The superintendent of parks at the time came up with a Parks System plan. It did not have the elegance of an olmsted plan. It was quite broad strokes. Perhaps, luckily, it did not get developed because the panic of 1893 hit. Of course, that hit the entire Country And Seattle was brought to a standstill by it. Certainly, no one was investing in Park Landscapes

Elliott-bay
Washington
United-states
West-seattle
Denny-park
Anderson-park
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Green-lake
Lake-washington
Boston

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.