Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Gilpin in the city: The Baltimore stream valley parks
Walking is an everyday practice that shapes urban space and is shaped by the space in which it occurs. It can create new subjects, new forms of public space and provide alternate readings of the city. This essay examines the significance of walking in the Olmsted Brothers’ 1904 ‘Valley Parks and Parkways’ plan for Baltimore. The transformation of the urban stream valleys into public parks assumed and promoted the concept of recreational walking in a scenic setting, rooted in the tradition of picturesque travel that William Gilpin had popularized in his famous printed tours. The Olmsted Brothers’ 1904 plan gave value to previously overlooked natural corridors and new legibility to the city’s natural systems. Rural scenic values were embraced as part of a larger urban vision. The Baltimore plan illustrates the key role of the landscape in the emergence of comprehensive planning principles, and how it shaped_and was shaped by_everyday social practices.
Gilpin in the city: The Baltimore stream valley parks
Walking is an everyday practice that shapes urban space and is shaped by the space in which it occurs. It can create new subjects, new forms of public space and provide alternate readings of the city. This essay examines the significance of walking in the Olmsted Brothers’ 1904 ‘Valley Parks and Parkways’ plan for Baltimore. The transformation of the urban stream valleys into public parks assumed and promoted the concept of recreational walking in a scenic setting, rooted in the tradition of picturesque travel that William Gilpin had popularized in his famous printed tours. The Olmsted Brothers’ 1904 plan gave value to previously overlooked natural corridors and new legibility to the city’s natural systems. Rural scenic values were embraced as part of a larger urban vision. The Baltimore plan illustrates the key role of the landscape in the emergence of comprehensive planning principles, and how it shaped_and was shaped by_everyday social practices.
Gilpin in the city: The Baltimore stream valley parks
Rosenberg, Elissa (Autor:in)
Journal of Landscape Architecture ; 11 ; 6-19
01.09.2016
14 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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