Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans

Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans

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Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

Lake Douglas (Author)

Landscape architect Lake Douglas employs written accounts, archival data, historic photographs, lithographs, maps, and city planning documents—many of which have never before been published—to explore public and private outdoor spaces in New Orleans and those who shaped them. The result offers the first in-depth examination of the city’s landscape history.

Public Spaces, Private Gardens provides an informative look at two hundred years of the designed landscapes and horticulture of New Orleans and a fresh perspective on one of America’s most interesting and historic cities.

Lake Douglas, a native of Mississippi, holds degrees in landscape architecture from LSU and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a PhD in urban studies from the University of New Orleans. He has written extensively on design issues for academic journals, professional magazines, and the popular press in America and Europe. Among his books are

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