Oral history interview with Gilmore David Clarke, 1959
- Name
- Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982 (Interviewee)
- Benison, Saul (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Gilmore David Clarke, 1959
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Gilmore David Clarke, 1959
- Abstract
- Training at Cornell; early work on Bronx River Parkway; World War I; Westchester County park system; planning parks, parkways and expressways, 1930s through 1950s; housing projects, including Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; city planning in Portland, Oregon, and Nashville, Tennessee; National Commission of Fine Arts, 1932-1950; New York City traffic control report; New York World's Fair, 1939; College of Architecture, Cornell, 1935-1950; planning for New York State Power Authority, Naval Academy, Military Academy; United Nations headquarters; consulting services to universities and colleges
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Landscape architects; Architecture--History--20th century.--United States; Recreation areas; Express highways; Public housing; City planning; Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982; New York State College of Agriculture; United States. Commission of Fine Arts
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 372 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Landscape architect
- Note
- Interviewed by Saul Benison
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 11612187
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-rwt9-bv02
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.