Planting Fields: A Place on Long Island
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Planting Fields: A Place on Long Island
By (Author) Gina Wouters
Edited by Jerome E. Singerman
Text by Witold Rybczynski
Text by John Dixon Hunt
Text by Arleyn A. Levee
Text by Jennifer L. Anderson
Text by Patricia ODonnell
Photographs by David Almeida
Monacelli Press
Monacelli Press
13th May 2025
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Architectural structure and design
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Width 229mm, Height 280mm
1480g
Description
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 the agricultural landscape that preceded them, as well as covering the future plan for the site.
Author Bio
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.