Awards
- Short-listed for 2021 Heritage Toronto Book Award 2021 (Canada)
- Winner of 2021 Heritage Toronto Book Award 2021 (Canada)
- Winner of Canadian Society of Landscape Architects 2021 Award of Excellence - Research 2021 (Canada)
- Winner of Canadian Society of Landscape Architects 2021 Award of Excellence – Research 2021 (Canada)
Overview
A fortuitous urban miracle, Tommy Thompson Park is an oasis of ""accidental wilderness"" on Toronto's lakeshore. Initially created as a landfill site on the city's rapidly developing waterfront, the Leslie Street Spit, as the park is affectionately known, has seen its physical and ecological footprint grow dramatically over recent decades. Forests, grasslands, and wildlife now thrive all within a stone's throw of some of the most densely populated areas of North America's fourth-largest city/ Accidental Wilderness is a rich and lyrical collection of essays curated by internationally recognized landscape architect and original designer of Tommy Thompson Park, Walter H. Kehm. A stunning collection of photographs by renowned landscape photographer Robert Burley complements these essays, which explore the city's port origins; the principles and design of the park's master plan; the native-plant succession process; the park's unique flora and fauna; public advocacy efforts; and public recreation in the park and its effect on mental, physical, and spiritual health. In an era when the dangers of climate change have begun to affect daily life, Tommy Thompson Park offers a hopeful narrative about how nature can flourish in, and contribute to, the well-being of twenty-first-century cities.
Full Product Details
Author: Walter H. Kehm ,
Robert Burley
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: Aevo UTP
Dimensions:
Width: 31.10cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.370kg
ISBN: 9781487508340
ISBN 10: 1487508344
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 10 November 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The Spit is miraculous and amazing, growing out of Toronto like a volcanic island. Accidental Wilderness is a stunningly beautiful and hopeful book that captures with writing that is both technical and romantic the story of how the Spit came to be and what it almost was if not for the interventions of the people who protected it. -- Shawn Micallef * <em>Spacing</em> magazine *
Author Information
Walter H. Kehm is a landscape architect and was a professor and Director of the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph. Robert Burley is an artist working in photography. His projects often explore the transition between city and country.
