Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens : war and peace in the Denburn Valley
Morgan, Diane2015
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In 'Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens', Diane Morgan tells the story of the gardens from their early days right up to the present and details the inside story of the battle for the future of this green jewel in the heart of the Granite City.
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Author:
Morgan, Diane, authorShepard, Mike, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Black & White Publishing, 2015.
Collation:
xiii, 238 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes select bibliography and index.
Contents:
Early days around the Denburn Valley - - The great bleachery - - From the Corbie Heugh to Union Terrace Gardens - - James Forbes Beattie: the forgotten designer of Union Terrace Gardens - - High society in Union Terrace - - Viaducts, balastrudes and other things - - The very place for statues - - John Gray 1811 - 1891: the ideal benefactor - - Disruption in the Denburn Valley - - Turrets, towers, spires, domes, diesels and dual carriageway - - The gardens, mostly in the twentieth century - - 'The best laid schemes of mice and men...' - - The battle for Union Terrace Gardens: Mike Shepard reports - - Some random thoughts - - In retrospect.
ISBN:
9781845024949 (pbk)184502494X
Dewey class:
941.2'3941.23
Local class:
941.23AaE941.23
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
624388
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