Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Popular Genres

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

Mountain Brook - A Historic American Landscape

Mountain Brook - A Historic American Landscape

Birgit Kibelka
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
From 1926 to 1929, the Jemison & Co. real estate firm of Birmingham, Alabama, assembled a team of talented professionals to design a residential district in a rugged wilderness south of the city. Led by celebrated landscape architect and planner Warren H. Manning of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jemison's team integrated homes, recreation, and community amenities into a park-like setting, retaining and intensifying the area's natural beauty. By the 1950s, the 4,500-acre Mountain Brook development would become one of the highest per capita income communities in America. This book details the process by which planners worked out their vision and presents documentation prepared by Birmingham Historical Society for the Historic American Landscapes Survey , a program of the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. It includes more than 200 historic and contemporary photographs and drawings.
Language
English
Pages
80
Format
Staple Bound
Publisher
Birmingham Historical Society
Release
May 06, 2022
ISBN
094399439X
ISBN 13
094399439X

Mountain Brook - A Historic American Landscape

Birgit Kibelka
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
From 1926 to 1929, the Jemison & Co. real estate firm of Birmingham, Alabama, assembled a team of talented professionals to design a residential district in a rugged wilderness south of the city. Led by celebrated landscape architect and planner Warren H. Manning of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jemison's team integrated homes, recreation, and community amenities into a park-like setting, retaining and intensifying the area's natural beauty. By the 1950s, the 4,500-acre Mountain Brook development would become one of the highest per capita income communities in America. This book details the process by which planners worked out their vision and presents documentation prepared by Birmingham Historical Society for the Historic American Landscapes Survey , a program of the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. It includes more than 200 historic and contemporary photographs and drawings.
Language
English
Pages
80
Format
Staple Bound
Publisher
Birmingham Historical Society
Release
May 06, 2022
ISBN
094399439X
ISBN 13
094399439X

More books from Birgit Kibelka

Rate this book!

Write a review?

loader