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City Parks : A Stroll Around the World's Most Beautiful Public Spaces by Christopher Beanland (2023, Hardcover)

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Featured here are the storied greats such as Central Park in New York and Hyde Park in London (and Sydney!). But th also takes us to the Philippines and Australia and around the world to showcase the most historic and most interesting, the newest and most cutting-edge parks that mix the best of nature and architecture.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPavilion Books

ISBN-101849947686

ISBN-139781849947688

eBay Product ID (ePID)13058367853

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Book TitleCity Parks : a Stroll Around the World's Most Beautiful Public Spaces

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAgriculture / General, Parks & Campgrounds

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Technology & Engineering

AuthorChristopher Beanland

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight41 Oz

Item Length11.1 in

Item Width8.9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews'Gorgeously illustrated ... the captivating entries on parks in Europe, the Far East, America and Australasia will have you hungering for travel'

Dewey Decimal304.2

Table Of ContentIntroduction 6 UK and Ireland 18 Europe 54 Americas 98 Asia and Africa 130 Australasia 170 Index 204

SynopsisA glorious visual celebration of the world's most beautiful and atmospheric urban parks and the people who use them, from Central Park in New York to Houtan Park in Shanghai., Every city dweller knows that parks are an essential part of modern life. These much-needed sanctuaries from urban bustle are places for playing, thinking, exercising, dating and just being - and we need them now more than ever. Here are 50 of the world's most beautiful parks, including storied greats such as Central Park in New York, Holyrood Park in Edinburgh and Park Guell in Barcelona alongside a host of less well-known places like the astonishingly brutalist Freeway Park in Seattle, the elevated Seoullo 7017 Skypark in Seoul and Tirana's serene Grand Park. We'll explore what you can find there, who goes there, why they are important, and how parks respond to their environments, including ones in a dried-up riverbed, on old rail lines and in Berlin's former airport. Illustrated with glorious photographs throughout, this book is a fascinating record of the world's most interesting and innovative parks, and the people who use them - you'll want to visit them all., A visually stunning and beautifully written celebration of park life around the world. The pandemic brought into sharp relief what city dwellers already realised: parks are an absolutely essential part of modern life. From the author who brought you Lido, here are 50 of the world's greatest parks - but not just a list of the examples we already know. Yes, we'll tell you about those storied greats such as Central Park in New York and Phoenix Park in Dublin, but we'll also take you to the Philippines, to Australia, to provincial Britain and around the world to show you the most historic and the most interesting, the newest and most cutting-edge that mix the best of nature and architecture. We'll explore what you can find there, who goes there, why they are important, and how parks respond to their environments, including ones over a road, on old rail lines or in Berlin's former airport. Examples include: Freeway Park, Seattle, USA: a hugely cool brutalist park over a motorway Ibirupeira Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil: this one contains amazing galleries and theatres Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, UK: mountains within a city Adelaide's parks, Australia: unique in that the entire city centre is enclosed byparks and many, many more. This gloriously illustrated book is a fascinating record of the world's most interesting and innovative parks, and the people who use them - you'll want to visit them all.

LC Classification NumberSB465