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Detroit's Belle Isle: Island Park Gem (Images of America)
Detroit's Belle Isle Island Park Gem - Images of America
Author: Michael Rodriguez, Thomas Featherstone
One of the most unique urban parks in the world, Belle Isle has long been a source of civic pride in Detroit. In 1879, just as its population, land area, and industry were flourishing, the city of Detroit purchased this 700-acre island for use as a park. Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was soon commissioned to transform the islan...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780738523156
ISBN-10: 0738523151
Publication Date: 3/5/2003
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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