Main entry:

Klaus, Susan L.

Title & Author:

A modern Arcadia : Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. & the plan for Forest Hills Gardens / Susan L. Klaus.

Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2002.

Description:

xii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
"In association with Library of American Landscape History, Amherst."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A garden city for America" -- All in the family : Olmsted's early career -- "A suburban town built on business principles": the foundation's experiment -- "The thoroughness with which things are done here" : planning and construction -- "The English type" : architectural and landscape design -- "Normal and usual social conditions" : marketing and management -- "A village of rare charm" : why We Chose Forest Hills Gardens -- The Legacy of Forest Hills Gardens.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

""Bright, cheerful houses, well arranged, well trimmed lawns, hedging carefully cut ... distinctly joyous," wrote architectural critic Herbert Croly in 1914 about the Forest Hills Gardens community in Queens, New York. The New York Tribune agreed, reporting that the place was a "modern Garden of Eden, a fairy tale too good to be true.""
"Conceived as an experiment that would apply the new "science" of city planning to a suburban setting, Forest Hills Gardens was created by the Russell Sage Foundation to provide housing for middle-class commuters as an alternative to cramped flats in New York City. Although it has long been recognized as one of the most influential planned communities in the United States, this is the first time Forest Hills Gardens has been the subject of a book." "Susan L. Klaus's illustrated history chronicles the creation of the 142-acre development from its inception in 1909 through its first two decades, offering critical insights into American planning history, landscape architecture, and the social and economic forces that shaped housing in the Progressive Era."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

155849314X
9781558493148
155849443X (pbk.)
9781558494435 (pbk.)

Subject:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957 Contributions in city planning.
Olmsted, Frederick Law 1822-1903
Olmsted, Frederick Law Landschaftsarchitekt, 1870-1957.
Planned communities New York (State) New York Case studies.
Collectivités nouvelles New York (État) New York Études de cas.
Planned communities.
Bildband
Stadsplanning.
Tuinsteden.
Planned communities New York (State) New York.
Architecture domestique New York (State) New York.
Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) New York.
New York (State) New York Forest Hills.
Forest Hills Gardens
Forest Hills Gardens (New York, N.Y.)
US Open Championships.
New York <NY> Forest Hills Gardens.

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957.
Library of American Landscape History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222319
Call No.: NA44.O51.25 F6 2002
Status: Available