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Hollin Hills-Architecture and Landscape
The Documentation of a Neighborhood through the National
Register Nomination Process
Hollin Hills, located just south of Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia, is a community of approximately 450 homes built by developer Robert Davenport. A retreat in the midst of the Northern Virginia suburbs, the majority of the houses were designed by architect Charles Goodman, a key player in the development of the Modernist aesthetic in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The noted landscape architect Dan Kiley designed as many as 100 landscape plans, most unrealized. Read more... |
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Creating Discourse: Central Park
“Truthiness” in Advocacy: Practitioner Beware
TCLF’s February 2007 e-newsletter included a feature written by Landmark West! about the Central Park Conservancy’s plans to restore an area on the east side of the Park. The article contained inaccurate information about the Conservancy’s proposal and the history of the site. TCLF has removed this article from the website and is pleased to give the Conservancy the opportunity to set the record straight. Read more... |
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United Nations Plaza
The Uncertain Future of a Fountain by San Francisco’s Master Landscape Architect
Halprin's design at San Francisco 's United Nation's Plaza is neither maintained, nor regarded as it should be, or as it would be elsewhere: the brilliant work of a home-grown son. How could Halprin's home city come so close to destroying this work of art without even consulting with its creator, who is still actively engaged locally in his beloved profession? And what can we do to help protect this and similar monuments from wanton destruction by misguided politicians and city planners? Read more... |
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Nations Bank Plaza Park
Tampa Museum of Art Threatens Kiley Masterwork
In the 15 years since Kiley created the award-winning Nations Bank Plaza , the tartan-grid patterned plaza has become a modern ruin. The conception of the design involves Number Mysticism and the Golden Proportion, including the logarithmic pattern known as the "Fibonacci Series." Despite the organizational distinctiveness of the design, "Zero" maintenance seems to be the city's prescription for the plaza. Now the plaza's neighbor, the Tampa Museum of Art, threatens to overwhelm the Kiley creation with new construction. Read more... |
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The Rehabilitation of a Modernist
Community Play Area
Revisiting Robert Royston’s Mitchell Park
For more than 45 years, Mitchell Park has exemplified postwar park design, being among the first of a new breed of community parks. The noteworthy plan came from landscape architect Robert Royston, whose unique perspective on parks and innovative design solutions gave the park a special character. Residents and users have thereby cherished and protected this classic public space. With the help of Royston and an active community of park users, Mitchell Park has maintained its historic integrity while being rehabilitated and adapted to modern living. Read more... |
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Capitol Park, Washington, DC
In the southwest waterfront area of Washington, DC, Chloethiel Woodard Smith and Dan Kiley designed a green oasis of gardens and courtyards, townhouses and apartment buildings. Their inventive collaboration brought new forms and refreshing possibilities to the urban renewal projects of the 1950s and 60s. Currently, a developer is planning to destroy the largest open space of the original masterplan by infilling two large apartment buildings and covering all the remaining space with surface parking. Read more... |
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