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2 de nov. de 2021 · Andrew Jackson Downing reformó casi por sí solo el diseño del paisaje estadounidense. (Universal Images Group/Alamy Stock Photo) El Clay, un fijo en el circuito de Albany/Nueva York, era un típico barco de dos palas, de 198 pies de largo y propulsado por un motor de viga móvil, llamado así por el movimiento rítmico de los pistones que accionaban las palas.
Andrew Jackson Downing (American, Newburgh, New York 1815–1852 Yonkers, New York) 1859 A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Adapted to North America; with a view to the Improvement of Country Residences...[and] Remarks on Rural Architecture, 4th editiion
Newburgh served as an incubator for the Downing's lofty ideals, and the numerous private residences and public buildings in the area that survive today, either of his own design or the designs of his collaborators, document his ambitious vision for American architecture. Andrew Jackson Downing, (American, 1815–1852).
17 de ene. de 2017 · Why would geographers wish to read an assessment of the work of antebellum U.S. landscape gardener and architect Andrew Jackson Downing? Today we take “landscaping” for granted, and in much of the United States we hire “landscapers,” often immigrants and day laborers, to maintain for us what in the 1840s was a new and exciting vision.
Throughout the early Victorian period American domestic architecture was dominated by the ideas and designs of Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852). Downing, who was America's first important landscape architect, was instrumental in establishing a well-styled, efficient, yet low-priced house that offered many features which previously only mansions could provide.
Despite Downing’s prodigious impact, his home city had neglected, in the opinion of his family and friends, to adequately commemorate his legacy. In 1887 when Newburgh mayor Benjamin Odell proposed the creation of a public park, Downing’s widow, Caroline Downing Monell, and others, suggested naming it in Andrew Jackson Downing’s honor.
