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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 p ....
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 architect ....