ABSTRACT

Parkways played an important role in the development of the modern landscape. As the first comprehensively designed limited-access public motorways, parkways paved the way for the expressways and interstate highways that transformed the American landscape in the second half of the 20th century. As symbols of progress and modernity, parkways embodied con-temporary conceptions of modern design, efficiency, and technological progress. At the same time, their naturalistic landscaping and historical allusions suggested that modern technologies and modernist principles could be harmonized with traditional values and aesthetics.