Assiniboine Park: Designing and Developing a People's Playground - Softcover

Spector, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 177337012X ISBN 13: 9781773370125

Verlag: Great Plains Publications Ltd, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

In 1904, Assiniboine Park was conceived as a people’s playground, a place devoid of commercial amusements where all classes of Winnipeggers could relax and rejuvenate in idyllic and Arcadian surroundings. The book traces the development of the park and its infrastructure―the layout of fields, forests and gardens, the two pavilions, the conservatories and the zoo―and how this corresponded with an ever-evolving Winnipeg. It explains the actions, conflicts, and arguments of a colorful cast of politicians and bureaucrats who made the park what it is today. The story of Assiniboine Park is told within the wider context of the evolution of urban parks in Canada and the United States.

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David Spector is a retired Winnipeg-basedhistorian and former Parks Canada research manager.He has published numerous articles and reportsthroughout his career, primarily focusing in thehistory of Western Canada. Having a life-long interestin the subject, he researched and wrote AssiniboinePark as a retirement pastime. He also leads hikes andhistorical walks for Nature Manitoba.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Great Plains Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 177337012X
• ISBN 13: 9781773370125
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248
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