Public Parks

Question 1

Answer 1

St James Park

only polite society allowed in initially until riots

Henry VIII purchased 1532, James I exotic park 1603, Mollet Bros redesigned for Charles II 1660, John Nash public redesign 1827

London, England

Question 2

Answer 2

Green Park and St James Park

Question 3

Answer 3

Regent’s Park

London, England

Henry VIII purchased 1536, John Nash redesigned for 1811 master plan

Question 4

Answer 4

Regent’s Park

Master plan connected to St. James Park and Regent St, London Zoo established 1828, opened to the public 2 days a week in 1835

Question 5

Answer 5

Regent’s Park plus St James Park

Master plan connected to St. James Park and Regent St, London Zoo established 1828, opened to the public 2 days a week in 1835

Question 6

Answer 6

Birkenhead 1841

Liverpool, England

Edward Kempt (client), Joseph Paxton

First publically funded public park. 226 acres - city bought land and sold parcels

Question 7

Answer 7

Mount Auburn Cemetary 1831

Cambridge, MA

MA Horticultural Society

174 acres, America’s first “Garden Cemetery,” “Parks and Gardens Movement” - Picturesque Pocket Companion and Visitor’s Guide Through Mt. Auburn, 1830

Question 8

Answer 8

Mt Auburn Cemetary

Question 9

Answer 9

New York Tenements

Space and light shrinked over time

Question 10

Answer 10

Central Park “The Greensward Plan” 1858-1868

New York, NY

Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux

Question 11

Answer 11

Central Park Before/After

Question 12

Answer 12

Seneca Village, Central Park

Question 13

Answer 13

Prospect Park 1866-1868

Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux

Brooklyn, NY

Question 14

Answer 14

Emerald Necklace 1881

Boston, MA

Olmstead and sons

Landscape hybrid/cyborg - ecological system design, 1100 acres (7 linear miles), The Fens -> Back Bay -> Boston Gardens -> Boston Commons, first integrated sewer/storm system in the world

Question 15

Answer 15

Emerald Necklace - Back Bay / Fens

Question 16

Answer 16

Hyde Park

1536-1872

London, England

Henry VIII purchased 1536, James I opened to gentlefolk 1603, Charles I opened to “public” 1637, Charles Bridgeman Serpentine design 1733, Kensington Gardens 1729, Great Exhibition 1851, Parks Regulation Act 872

Question 17

Answer 17

Vauxhall Gardens

1661-1859

London, England

First mentioned by Samuel Peyps in 1662, Open to the public, free admission with food stalls and entertainments, 1785 name change to Vauxhall from New Spring Gardens, entry fee established

Question 18

Answer 18

Pere Lachaise Cemetery

Paris, France

1804

Suburban cemetery (110 acres), celebrity burial ground, meant to ramble