The History of Green Lake

Seattle, WA, United States
Est. 622m / 18 mins

 Welcome to my talk tour! Each stop for my talk tour has its own script listed in each description box. This is my general reference list for sources that I used at each stop on my tour.Reference List:Beesley, A. (2020). Reconciling conflict over urban public space: Perceptions of park space in Seattle (c. 1960 to present). ProQuest University of Washington Libraries. Retrieved October 27, 2022, from https://www.proquest.com/pagepdf/2665126983?accountid=14784  Enlow, C. (2003). Olmsted gets his due: cities across the U.S. celebrate a legacy of parks, boulevards, and parkways: on an old postcard, Seattle’s Lake Washington Boulevard is an eyeful, with its super-saturated greens, blue water, winding road, and white-capped Mount Rainier set close against an azure sky. Planning (Chicago, Ill. 1969).Glass, G. (1970, January 1). Developing Olmsted: Combatting contemporary health problems through century old design ideas. Orbiscascade. Retrieved October 27, 2022, from https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=90473532870001452&institutionId=1452&customerId=1450&VE=true  Phemister, M. (2015). Putting Parks First. Planning, 81(1), 42–47.  

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