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IN SEARCH OF A “GENUINE” SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PARK:
EVALUATING THE EARLY CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF RALPH CORNELL
FOR TODAY
by
Larkin Minnie Owens
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Larkin Minnie Owens
Object Description
| Title | In search of a “genuine” Southern California park: evaluating the early cultural landscapes of Ralph Cornell for today |
| Author | Owens, Larkin Minnie |
| Author email | lowens@usc.edu; larkinowens@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Landscape Architecture |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Landscape Architecture |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-04-01 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-05-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Berney, Rachel |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Breisch, Kenneth Harris, Robert Tichenor, Brian |
| Abstract | Defined by the National Park Service as “a geographic area, including both cultural and natural resources…associated with a historic event, activity, or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values”, cultural landscapes are a physical manifestation of how we confer social meaning and perceive ourselves within the structure of the natural world. As cultural landscapes embody our legacy and have the potential to invoke a deep sense of place in an increasingly urbanized world, our decisions as landscape architects consequentially shape how they are understood, valued, and transitioned into the future. As we determine what voice to reveal and what constitutes authenticity in the cultural landscapes of Southern California, the early work of Ralph Dalton Cornell is particularly telling. In 1912, at the age of 22, Ralph Dalton Cornell published an article in the Pomona College Journal of Economic Botany entitled “Wanted: A Genuine Southern California Park”, in which he was far ahead of his time for championing the concepts of providing park space in intelligent city planning, understanding and promoting the native landscape of Southern California, and demanding the notion of distinctiveness in landscape design. In this study, the term “genuine” is evaluated through the lens of Cornell’s professional evolution and early work in the context of the Southern California region, with in depth case studies provided for his work at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve on the northern City limits of San Diego and Beverly Gardens in the City of Beverly Hills just west of downtown Los Angeles. Ralph Cornell’s work is then reinterpreted through contemporary concepts of authenticity, legibility, sustainability, and urban vitality. Through this discourse, we get a sense of how these cultural landscapes are important, how they contribute to our cities today, and how they may be preserved and interpreted as our heritage for future generations. |
| Keyword | landscape architecture; landscape; cultural landscape preservation; Southern California; Ralph Cornell; Beverly Gardens; Torrey Pines; authenticity; genuine |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (region) | Southern California |
| Coverage date | 1912/1939 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3041 |
| Rights | Owens, Larkin Minnie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Owens-3563 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Owens-3563.pdf |
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| Full text | IN SEARCH OF A “GENUINE” SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PARK: EVALUATING THE EARLY CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF RALPH CORNELL FOR TODAY by Larkin Minnie Owens A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE May 2010 Copyright 2010 Larkin Minnie Owens |
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