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Author:
Mickelson, Joan.
Title:
Joseph W. Young, Jr., and the city beautiful : a biography of the founder of Hollywood, Florida / Joan Mickelson.
Publisher:
McFarland & Co.,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
viii, 211 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subject:
City planning--Hollywood.--Hollywood.
Urban beautification--Hollywood.--Hollywood.
Young, Joseph Wesley, Jr.,--1882-1934.
City planners--Hollywood.--Hollywood.
Hollywood (Fla.)--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203) and index.
Summary:
"Joseph Young was acknowledged as one of the five or six major city builders in boomtime Florida. From palmetto, bare ground and water in 1920 he created Hollywood By-the-Sea with an elegant Beaux Arts plan of circles and lakes, calling his creation a "City Beautiful," an ideal first propounded by Daniel Burnham of Chicago"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0786468807 (softcover : acid-free paper)
9780786468805 (softcover : acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)779877023
LCCN:
2012044134
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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