""Eden by Design" is a compelling and fascinating description of a
possible Los Angeles that never came to be. Greg Hise and William
Deverell have resurrected the Olmsted Brothers' 1930 plan for Los
Angeles County, and then, in a wonderful introduction, put the plan
in context so that to read it now is to see not only what seemed
dangerous and possible in 1930 but also how and why one route to
the present was chosen over others. In their hands, the plan acts
like a ghost of Los Angeles, reminding us about a vanished past,
lost possibilities, and the secrets that our present
masks."--Richard White, author of "The Organic Machine"
"The Report is not only a vital document in the history of Los
Angeles . . . but a lost classic of a neglected golden age of city
planning and landscape architecture. . . . It embodies a truly
regional perspective; an ecological perspective; a long-range
vision; an integration of design with finance and administration;
and a truly grand interpretation of public space. It deserves to be
known to every serious student of the American planning
tradition."--Robert Fishman, author of "Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise
and Fall of Suburbia"
"An essential document for understanding the history of the
West's largest city. Los Angeles had the opportunity to become an
extraordinarily beautiful environment, a Paris in the desert. The
editors make clear why, sadly, it did not; but also they hold out
hope that portions of this brilliant but neglected plan might still
be recovered."--Donald Worster, author of "Nature's Economy: A
History of Ecological Ideas"
"A welcome addition to the literature of American urban planning
history."--Roger Montgomery, Professor of ArchitectureEmeritus,
University of California, Berkeley
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