Archive for June, 2014

The Wormsloe Institute: Exploring the Landscape in Layers / Savannah, Georgia (2014)

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | Posted by lalh

The Wormsloe Institute: Exploring the Landscape in Layers Savannah, Georgia Perhaps it is her experience piloting a research submarine that leads Sarah Ross to approach landscape history from underground. “Landscape demands this approach,” says Ross, president and director of the Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History. Although Ross did use a sub to to map the […]

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John Nolen’s Union Park Gardens: Where Neighborliness Abounds / Wilmington, Delaware (2014)

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | Posted by lalh

John Nolen’s Union Park Gardens: Where Neighborliness Abounds Wilmington, Delaware “Visitors from other parts of the city often tell us that they never knew this neighborhood was here. I had the same reaction the first time I came to see Union Park Gardens—it’s a refreshing surprise,” says Brian McDerby, a state trooper who has lived […]

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VIEW, Summer 2014, Number 14

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | Posted by lalh

VIEW, Summer 2014, Number 14 A few highlights: Arthur A. Shurcliff and John Nolen biographers Elizabeth Hope Cushing and R. Bruce Stephenson share insights about their subjects’ lives and work. Lauren Stimson delves into the practice of Stephen Stimson Associates, a landscape architecture firm based in Cambridge and Princeton (Massachusetts), whose designs are enlivened by a deep response […]

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VIEW 2014 IN THE MAIL!

Thursday, June 12, 2014 | Posted by lalh

VIEW ships next week! Read about this issue at lalh.org/magazine. VIEW is the annual news magazine of LALH, published each summer and mailed to thousands of individuals, organizations, and libraries. Featuring articles about recently published and forthcoming LALH books, VIEW also profiles the preservation successes that LALH books inspire. LALH supporters receive a print subscription of VIEW as a benefit of […]

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