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Kenneth and Sarah Vaux discuss landscape architect Calvert Vaux

BROADCAST: Mar. 19, 1982 | DURATION: 00:49:20

Synopsis

Kenneth and Sarah Vaux discuss the father of landscape architecture Calvert Vaux and his influence on other landscape architects including Frederick Law Olmsted. Kenneth and Sarah focus their discussion on public parks and how these parks were a response against industrialization and served to provide a space for the working class to gather in nature. This program includes an excerpt of an interview with labor activist Edward Sadlowski discussing the working class’ interest in nature, books, theater, and music.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

Details

Broadcast Date
Mar. 19, 1982

Duration
49 minutes, 20 seconds

Topics

Architecture, Design, Urban Planning Chicago Urban Life

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WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895--Biography Vaux, Kenneth, 1939---Interviews Vaux, Sara--Interviews Landscape architecture--United States--19th century. Audiotapes Radio programs Vaux, Kenneth, 1939-,-- interviewee Vaux, Sara,-- interviewee Architecture Landscape architecture Public parks Industrialization Riverside Village Urban design Olmstead, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 Central Park (New York) Jenney, W. L. B. (William Le Baron), 1832-1907 Transcendentalism Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 Sadlowski, Edward

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