{"product_id":"building-the-national-parks-historic-landscape-design-and-construction-9780801855825","title":"Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its founding in 1916  the National Park Service has been charged with two equally important and often conflicting missions: to preserve our countrys natural wonders for future generations and to develop national parks for the appreciation and enjoyment of visitors. Recalling the era of the great lodges at Yellowstone and Yosemite  Building the National Parks tells the story of how the new bureaus landscape designers  architects  and engineers met each of these challenges  forging a rich legacy of buildings  roads  and trails that both harmonized with the natural scenery and accommodated visitors to the parks. Their achievements -- detailed for the first time here -- have greatly influenced the design of state and local parks and other recreational areas across the United States. Planners realized the twin goals of accessibility and preservation by developing a distinctive style of naturalistic design. Rooted in the nineteenth-century rustic gardening tradition popularized in the United States by Frederick Law Olmsted and Andrew Jackson Downing  this style emphasized scenic views  variations in topography  and natural features such as vegetation  streams  and rock outcroppings. During the formative years of the National Park Service -- from 1916 to 1942 and particularly through the public works projects of the New Deal -- dozens of projects were completed in such parks as the Grand Canyon  Crater Lake  Mount Ranier  Acadia  Carlsbad Cavern  Grand Teton  Yellowstone  and Yosemite in the style that became inseparable from the natural identity of each park. Landscape architects and civil engineers provided safe and convenient access on roads that followed natures contours and afforded stunning scenic vistas. Carefully planned networks of trails and overlooks aided the service in protecting the parks and also gave visitors access to otherwise hidden wonders. Lodging facilities and sites for camping and picnicking  as well as ranger stations and park museums  were fashioned from local materials with naturalistic or pioneer building techniques. McClellands story of these early years  illustrated with 118 rare  archival photographs  is one of remarkable feats of engineering and consistently responsible stewardship. Concluding with a description of national park development since 1942  Building the National Parks records the lasting contributions of the National Park Services designers and engineers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652253278261,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801855829","price":374.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801855825.jpg?v=1781850326","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/building-the-national-parks-historic-landscape-design-and-construction-9780801855825","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}