Planting Fields
A Place on Long Island
$74.97
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2025
Summary
Stunning new photography by David Almeida, historic images, and sketches and plans by the Olmsted Brothers capture the spirit of Planting Fields in Oyster Bay, NY. Home to William R. Coe, chairman of Johnson & Higgins, and his wife, Mai, an heir to the Standard Oil fortune, this lavish Tudor-revival mansion sits on a 400-acre landscape of rolling lawns, formal gardens, and woodlands. Essays explore the evolution of the house and landscape within the context of the Gold Coast estates and t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781580936828 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1580936822 |
| Author: | Jerome E. Singerman, Witold Rybczynski, John Dixon Hunt, Arleyn A. Levee, Jennifer L. Anderson, Patricia O’Donnell, David Almeida, Gina J. Wouters |
| Publisher: | Monacelli Press |
| Imprint: | Monacelli Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.48kg |
| Dimensions: | 280mm x 229mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Planting Fields: A Place on Long Island offers fresh perspective into the now-public arboretum. Full of color photography, both vintage and current… it’s an homage to the home and property’ – The Associated Press
‘[A]n extensive dive into the history of the estate’ – Newsday
‘[H]ighlights the verdant beauty of our region’ – New York Cottages and Gardens
About The Author
Jerome E. Singerman
Gina J. Wouters is president and CEO of Planting Fields Foundation.
Jerome E. Singerman is senior humanities editor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Witold Rybczynski, Emeritus Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, is author of more than twenty books, including The Story of Architecture.
John Dixon Hunt is Professor Emeritus in the Weitzman School of Design of the University of Pennsylvania.
Arleyn A. Levee is a landscape historian and preservation consultant.
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