10 Parks that Changed America tells the story of ten visionaries who took open canvases of God-forsaken land, and transformed them into serene spaces that offer city dwellers a respite from the hustle and bustle of urban life. From the elegant squares of Savannah, Georgia, to a park built over a freeway in Seattle, to the more recent High Line in New York, each story introduces the heroes who brought these parks to life, and the villains who preferred to exploit the land for private enterprise. Discover the evolution of our nation’s city parks, and learn the history of landscape architecture—an American-born art in which human beings try their best to mimic nature.

Originally released by PBS, 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 13, 2017.

Unexpected Purposes (1:56); --Squares of Savannah: Savannah, GA (4:15); -- Fairmount Park: Philadelphia, PA (4:04); -- Mt. Auburn Cemetery: Cambridge, MA (4:22); -- Central Park: New York, NY (6:28); -- Chicago's Neighborhood Parks: Chicago, IL (4:59); -- San Antonio River Walk: San Antonio, TX (5:01); -- Overtown Park: Memphis, TN (4:30); -- Freeway Park: Seattle, WA (5:41); -- Gas Works Park: Seattle, WA (6:03); -- High Line: New York, NY (7:00); -- Credits: 10 Parks that Changed America (0:29); .