So if we think about this, which is the first one of the first references to parkways in the United States. Olmstead and vox based their idea off paris. In this early conception of the parkway, they are thinking about a couple of rather simple ideas. First it is a wider than average street. Second, parkways in the early conception were usually treelined. Weve talked a little bit about boulevards and essentially a parkway in the beginning was a wide street with trees indistinguishable from the term boulevard. They are pretty much identical. The most significant difference is the name, which provided a sense of the utility of the parkway as linking a park to park. Norman newton in your text says the parkway provides the psychological carryover of the restful influence of one large park area into its echo in another with little or no interruption along the way. Right . So there is this idea of park. It is connected seamlessly with a parkway. Parkways became to be a little bit more serious
Built between 1930s and finally finished in 1970s. The designer, landscape designer involved in addition to a whole series of architects and engineers of someone given credit for much of the design, stanley abbott, a well known landscape park ark sect in the service. He had begun his work in the 1930s in the westchesters park system. During the depression, moved into the park service as a career. He did much of the committee sign work. The Blue Ridge Parkway, in addition to its great length is known for some of its heroic engineering. One of the major elements is a giant via duct which crosses a particularly steep area of mountainouser terrain. Youre able to see a beautiful road winding through the slopes of app la sha, the blue ridge mountains. Much of it was built during the depression. These kind of handmade walls, again, reflected National Park service rustic architecture and natch listic landscape design. Plantings were planted to heal roadside scars. Great care was taken in desig
Associate with Landscape Architecture but it wasnt always so. In fact, the modern freeway that you guys drive every day has its roots in Landscape Architecture in the park planning that weve been talking about this semester. Ill start with a little bit of review and this familiar landscape which everyone should, i hope, recognize, which of course is Prospect Park. So we look at the development of central park. Then we look at Prospect Park, which is olmsteds next great park in the late 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. There are originally supposed to be four. Two are actually built eastern and Ocean Parkway. And here is a view of Ocean Parkway from 1894. So if we think about this, which is the first one of the first references to parkways in the United States. Olmstead and vox based their idea off of fauch avenue in paris. So if youre thinking of alfond and housmans work e
Which led from the james river and these were designed in modern concrete so that when you looked down the roadway, you would see colonial style bridges, but tif you looked out your car window, you would see modern concrete style bridges. The heres a view of one of those bridges. You can see this kind of streamline modern farms. We talked last week about modern architecture. The idea of the machine, these bridges were paired down simple to reflect the machine age and if we think about the curves on this lovely chevy and the curves here, we think about those two designs being similar perhaps. In addition, the creeks were demark kated historic sites. Very much this experience of driving through wooded uplands along the rivers out across title marges, a beautiful drive between the two historic sites. On a much larger scale was the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Parkway was conception conceptionized. Travels across North Carolina and tennessee. Its 469 miles long and was built between
It is not something we generally associate with Landscape Architecture but it wasnt always so. In fact, the modern freeway that you guys drive every day has its roots in Landscape Architecture and the park planning weve talked about already in this semester. Ill start with this review and familiar landscape that everyone should, i hope, recognize which is of course Prospect Park. We look at development of central park. Then Prospect Park which was olmsteads next great park in the late 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. There are originally supposed to be four. Two are actually built eastern and Ocean Parkway. And here is a view of Ocean Parkway from 1894. So if we think about this, which is the first one of the first references to parkways in the United States. Olmstead and vox based their idea off paris. In this early conception of the parkway, they are thinking about a cou