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Landscape Architecture Magazine

The Magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects

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MAY 2016

16 Inside

18 Land Matters

FOREGROUND

22 Now
A new vision for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline might have a shot; learning to live with it when your designs are changed; tactical urbanism for the poolside set; and more.
Edited by Timothy A. Schuler

46 Species
Gray squirrels have one big problem in life—finding food in the winter. It has not held them back much.
By Constance Casey

50 Ecology
For the Birds, Indeed
A new online tool is rolling out to help in planting for wildlife diversity—without an Excel spreadsheet.
By Carol Becker

60 Parks
The Greater Margins
Around the Appalachian Trail, cooperation among conservation groups and the National Park Service could mean new models for preserving large landscapes.
By Daniel Howe, FASLA

70 Goods
All Play
The more unexpected, the more fun.
By Katarina Katsma, ASLA

FEATURES

78 The Art of Hanging Out
A tricky plaza around a residential tower at a Boston art school gains clarity and even joy from student input and Ground, Inc.
By Jane Roy Brown

92 All Along the Line
Portland’s new light rail shows why the city is light years ahead in transportation design: Landscape architects lead.
By Betsy Anderson, Associate ASLA

110 The Lightest Touch
Isabelle Greene, FASLA, was starting out in the 1970s when she met the Lovelaces. Forty years later, the garden she made for them has the imprint of all she’s learned.
By Lisa Gimmy, ASLA

120 We Declare
The Landscape Architecture Foundation is marking a half century since Ian McHarg issued an urgent call to action. Several landscape architects bring that plea to the present day.

THE BACK

134 Earth to Space
In Scotland, Charles Jencks supplants a mining landscape with the celestial symbols of the Crawick Multiverse.
By Fred A. Bernstein

144 Books
The Common Green
A review of The Grid and the River: Philadelphia’s Green Places, 1682–1876, by Elizabeth Milroy.
By Whitney Martinko

170 Display Ad Index

171 Buyer’s guide Index

184 Backstory
Hey, Listen!
An exhibit in San Francisco looks at the many ways to experience sound in the urban environment.
By Katarina Katsma, ASLA

 

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