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ASLA in San Francisco
June 1, 2022
The ASLA 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture will be held in San Francisco. To commemorate this event, the Library, Archives, and Research Services (LARS) Committee has dug into the archives and prepared a look back at the history of ASLA meetings in the Bay Area. Read on to discover some classic photos and Landscape Architecture Magazine coverage corresponding to conferences held in Northern California.
ASLA Meetings in Northern California
- July 7-11, 1957, Sheraton-Palace Hotel, San Francisco
- May 6-12, 1966, The Ahwahnee, Yosemite
- November 22-25, 1986, The Moscone Center, San Francisco
- October 18-22, 2002, McEnery Convention Center, San Jose
- October 5-9, 2007, The Moscone Center, San Francisco
- November 11-14, 2022, The Moscone Center, San Francisco
Images
LAM Coverage
January 1958 LAM cover: "A swimming pool"
H. L. Vaughan, “Library Gift to California,” Landscape Architecture 47, no. 1 (October 1956): 298, 300.
Diane Kostial McGuire, “Early Site Planning on the West Coast: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Plan for Stanford University,” Landscape Architecture 47, no. 2 (January 1957): 344-349.
“The ASLA at San Francisco,” Landscape Architecture 48, no. 1 (October 1957): 13-37.
“San Francisco Exhibit of Professional Work,” Landscape Architecture 48, no. 2 (January 1958): 90-102.
July 1966 LAM cover: Stylized summer solstice, by Robert Grimes
“New Missions for '66: American Society of Landscape Architects 1966 Annual Meeting,” Landscape Architecture 56, no. 3 (April 1966): 211-212.
Michael Laurie, “From Garden Design to Regional Plan: The California Influence on Contemporary Landscape Architecture,” Landscape Architecture 56, no. 4 (July 1966): 292-298.
Theodore Osmundson, “The 20-year Professional Vacuum,” Landscape Architecture 57, no. 4 (July 1967): 256.
November/December 1986 LAM cover: San Francisco's Painted Ladies, by William Helsel
William Carney, “San Francisco: An Evocative City,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 40-43.
Barbara Meacham and Patricia O'Brien, “Point of View,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 44-45, 106, 108, 110, 112.
Mary Margaret Jones, “% for Art,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986), pp. 46-51.
George Hargreaves, “Point of View,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 52-53.
Randy Hester, “Point of View,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 58-59, 114.
Theodore Osmundson, “LAs Champion Open Space Plan: Revitalizing The South Of Market Area,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 60-61.
Peter Bosselmann And Marsha Gale, “Looking Out for Second Street: Research Yields Guidelines That Anticipate Future Role,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 62-65, 116.
Robert Royston, “Point of View,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 66-67.
Linda Hittle Lettieri, “Updating Stanford's Inner Quad,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 68-71.
Doug Nadeau, “Point of View,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 72-73, 120.
Renée Felciano, “'The Chosen Spot of All This Earth' Luther Burbank Gardens,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 74-77.
Lawrence Halprin, “Point of View,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 78-79, 118.
Allen Folks, “CAT 1986: Presidio,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 85.
David Hansen, “Open Space ‘Omnitects,’” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 86.
Thomas W. Schurch, “The Living Classroom,” Landscape Architecture 76, no. 6 (November/December 1986): 87-89.
Rob Pressman, “Meeting of Minds,” Landscape Architecture 77, no. 2 (March/April 1987): 11.
October 2002 LAM cover: Taxus baccata 'Stricta' (Irish yew tree) at the Filoli estate gardens near San Jose. Photograph by Ron Blunt, courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Frank Edgerton Martin, “Two Campuses Silicon Built,” Landscape Architecture 92, no. 5 (May 2002): 82-91.
Mark Hinshaw, “Free from the Freeway,” Landscape Architecture 92, no. 5 (May 2002): 132, 131.
Don Brigham Jr., “Greenhouse Effect,” Landscape Architecture 92, no. 6 (June 2002): 22-25.
Frank Edgerton Martin, “Boomtown Landscape,” Landscape Architecture 92, no. 10 (October 2002): 102-109, 138-143.
J. William "Bill" Thompson, “Land Matters,” Landscape Architecture 92, no. 12 (December 2002): 7.
January 2006 LAM cover: A sketch by Lawrence Halprin, FASLA, for the Presidio in San Francisco
Mark Hinshaw, “Demilitarized Zone,” Landscape Architecture Magazine 96, no. 1 (January 2006): 32-35.
Alex Ulam, “Campus Cloister,” Landscape Architecture 97, no. 2 (February 2007): 104-109.
John King, “The View From Halprin's Studio,” Landscape Architecture 97, no. 5 (May 2007): 50-51.
Zahid Sardar, “Garden Snake,” Landscape Architecture 97, no. 3 (March 2007): 104-109.
Mark Hinshaw and Marilyn Clemens, “Oh, San Francisco!,” Landscape Architecture 97, no. 6 (June 2007): 90-103.
John Beardsley, “More Than a Manicure,” Landscape Architecture 97, no. 7 (July 2007): 24-34.
Marilyn Clemens, “El Presidio, 230 Years Later,” Landscape Architecture 97, no. 9 (September 2007): 108-119.
March 2022 LAM cover: Township Commons in Oakland, California, by Einwiller Kuehl. Photograph by Eric Einwiller
Lydia Lee: "Unbuilt to Last: An Oakland, California, Waterfront Redevelopment Plan Hit a Few Bumps before Einwiller Kuehl Took It Apart," Landscape Architecture Magazine 112, no. 3 (March 2022): 64-85.