Scheme for Pittencrieff Park Glen and city improvements
Mawson, Thomas Hayton, 1861-19331904
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This item was written by British garden designer, landscape architect, and town planner Thomas H Mawson, as work commissioned by Carnegie Dunfermline Trust to explore possible improvements to Dunfermline, and in particular to Pittencrieff Glen which had been purchased for the town by Andrew Carnegie in 1902. He writes that 'the site of your City is unique and its possibilities are great beyond compare'. His work on these possibilities are presented on the understanding that they were incomplete; they vary from small details such as the planting of Scotch firs in the Bee Alley garden ‘to act as a foil for the flour factory below’ to suggestions for schools of horticulture, handicraft and housewifery. There is an A3 map of the imagined Glen and other fascinating drawings.
Main title:
Scheme for Pittencrieff Park Glen and city improvements / Thomas H. Mawson.
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Imprint:
London, 1904.
Collation:
39p. : illus., b & w plates., photo., ; 38 cm.
Local class:
D/MUN/PLAN OS
Language:
English
Subject:
Carnegie Dunfermline TrustLandscape architecture -- Scotland -- DunfermlineCivic improvement -- Scotland -- DunfermlineCity planning -- Scotland -- DunfermlineParks -- Scotland -- DunfermlinePittencrieff Park (Dunfermline, Scotland) -- HistoryDunfermline (Scotland) -- HistoryFife (Scotland) -- History
BRN:
3455203