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dc.coverage.spatialSite: London, England, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun 1536 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBridgeman, Charlesen_US
dc.date1536en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-26T15:19:05Z
dc.date.available2013-09-26T15:19:05Z
dc.date.issued1536en_US
dc.identifier236058en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2607en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/143793
dc.descriptionSand-covered Rotten Row, near Hyde Park Corner; Largest park area in central London and two of the Royal Parks of London. The park is divided in two by the Serpentine; the western half is Kensington Gardens. The two parks are contiguous; although often still assumed to be part of Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens has been technically separate since 1728, when Queen Caroline made a division between the two. The combined area of 630 acres is larger than the Principality of Monaco (480 acres), though smaller than New York City's Central Park (840 acres). The park was the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton. The park started as a royal deer park under Henry VIII in 1536. In 1689 William III laid out a drive on the south side that still exists, known as Rotten Row. The first coherent landscaping was undertaken by Charles Bridgeman for Queen Caroline. It was completed in 1733; the Serpentine (1731) was formed by damming the little Westbourne river. The Serpentine is divided from the Long Water by a bridge designed by George Rennie (1826). Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/17/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; brick; paving material; plant materialen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectlandscapeen_US
dc.subjectrecreation and gamesen_US
dc.subjectfestivalsen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectGreat Exhibition (1851 : London, England)en_US
dc.subjectparks (recreation areas)en_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleHyde Park and Kensington Gardens, Londonen_US
dc.title.alternativeHyde Parken_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-E-L-HP-A68en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), gardeningen_US
vra.worktypeparks (recreation areas)en_US
vra.worktypegardenen_US
dc.contributor.displayCharles Bridgeman (British landscape architect, died 1738)en_US


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