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No Parks?
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
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25 May 2017
25 May 2017
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No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
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25 May 2017
25 May 2017
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Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
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Baile Park
Baile Park
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16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
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Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
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16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
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Baile Park
Baile Park
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PH1986:0902:012
PH1986:0902:012
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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photographs
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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PH1986:0902:013
PH1986:0902:013
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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photographs
photographs
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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PH1986:0902:010
PH1986:0902:010
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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photographs
photographs
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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PH1986:0902:011
PH1986:0902:011
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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photographs
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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PH1986:0902:009
PH1986:0902:009
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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photographs
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1913 or before
1913 or before
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
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The lawn : a history of an American obsession / Virginia Scott Jenkins.
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
The lawn : a history of an American obsession / Virginia Scott Jenkins.
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
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Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Diana Balmori [and others].
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Diana Balmori [and others].
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
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