FAH230H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux, Mount Royal
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Title: plan of niagara falls: proposed reservations for. 5 spillways connected huron to lake ontario abt 10 thousand yrs ago ice retreated and land pops up. Niagara valley was first inhabited by first nations ppl. Fall used to generate 500 kilobits of power. 3thousand ppl used to come see it then. Wanted to move cemeteries outside city real-estate values go up, concern abt hygiene, anxiety of decomposing bodies near wells bad idea. Competition boards for the design of the space, photograph, as is (desolate park in. Ny city not desired for, swampy and rocky) then a plan/ ground organization on top and perspective view at bottom shows how it will be remade and reconfigured. Illusion created along design so convincing many ppl assume it had been like that forever instead of constructed. His views on the park were probably inspired by his stay and various trips in europe during 1850.
