Atlas of the Delaware Valley
Author : Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Camden Region (N.J.)
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Author : Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Camden Region (N.J.)
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Author : William M. Klein
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781566393133
Once mostly rolling hills and valleys covered with hardwood forest in the seventeenth century, contemporary Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley now claim the largest concentration of many of the finest public and private gardens in the world. William M. Klein explores the broader attitudes and behaviors toward nature that have influenced this developmentt - of colonial farms and gardens created for survival to the art of suburban gardens to nature conservatories and public parks. Discover how in 300 years we have moved from fencing nature out to fencing nature in. Out of the past, examine the worm fence at Colonial Pennsylvania Plantations, overgrown by weeds as it would have been during Colonial times, zigzagging across the fields tenuously holding back the great forest that presses down. Into the present, consider the chain link fence at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum that bounds a threatened wetland habitat from the intrusion of highways and reverberates to the sounds of traffic from I-95 and the Philadelphia International Airport. Klein's eloquent and knowledgeable narrative include detailed portraits of forty-four individual gardens, all lustrously illustrated by noted garden photographer Derek Fell. While considering a particular garden's historical and social influences, Klein discusses the philosophy behind each garden, its planner's goals and even personality, and the garden's interaction with surrounding architecture. This complete guide also includes each location's address, phone number, hours of operation, events, and featured plants, flowers, and trees. Yet this book goes far beyond the usual guides in this search for answers to the perennial questions of how and why each generation struggles to define its place in nature. As we approach the twenty-first century, the garden has become the metaphor for how we must begin to view all nature today - tended space where we collect, name, nurture, and share our love of plants. Author note: Formerly Director of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. William M. Klein, Jr. is Executive Director of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai, Hawaii. In 1993 he was presented with the American Horticultural Society's Professional Award, and has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1989. He has published many important writings on nature, botany, and landscape, including his previous book, The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas. Derek Fell is a widely published garden photographer and the author of more than 50 garden books and garden calendars.
Author : ADC (Firm)
Publisher : ADC The Map People
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Bucks County (Pa.)
ISBN : 9780875300023
Author : Henry Graham Ashmead
Publisher :
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Delaware County (Pa.)
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 1999-08-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781877911231
Author : ADC (Firm)
Publisher : Adc the Map People
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 16,58 MB
Release : 2003-07-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780875303789
Large scale atlas with street level detail showing ZIP Codes, block numbers, schools, hospitals, points of interest, shopping centers, parks and much more. Fully indexed. Includes Media, Swarthmore, Lansdowne and more. Philadelphia International Airpot and SEPTA enlargments shown.
Author : ADC the Map People
Publisher : ADC The Map People
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Delaware County (Pa.)
ISBN : 9780875304465
Author : Ernest VOLK
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 1911
Category :
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Author : Carol B. Jenner
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
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Author : Benjamin H. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 42,68 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Delaware County (Pa.)
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