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Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

Frederick Law Olmsted

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Frederick Law Olmsted, the man who made public parks an essential park of American life.

Concert in Central Park, New York City

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Concert in Central Park, New York City c. 1880-1890.

Construction of Central Park

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Construction of Central Park, New York City.

An early design for Chicago's park system.

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An early design for Chicago's park system.

New York City's Central Park from Belvedere Castle.

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New York City's Central Park from Belvedere Castle.

Bridge in Buffalo's Delaware Park, c. 1890-1910.

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Bridge in Buffalo's Delaware Park, c. 1890-1910.

Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture.

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Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture.

Delaware Park

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Early evening in Delaware Park, Buffalo, NY.

Emerald Necklace Plan

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Design for Boston's park system that eventually became known as the Emerald Necklace.

Prospect Park

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Olmsted and Vaux's design for Prospect park in Brooklyn, NY.

Scarborough Pond

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Scarborough Pond in Boston's Franklin Park, a link in the Emerald Necklace system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1890s.

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Central Park in New York City, the most visited urban park in the United States.

Sheep Meadow

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View of Central Park's Sheep Meadow from atop a building on 68th Street, New York City.

Segway riders

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Segway riders enjoying Delaware Park, Buffalo, NY.

Central Park

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Central Park in New York City, the most visited urban park in the United States.

Cherokee Park

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Olmsted's plans for Louisville's Cherokee Park.

Endale Arch

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Endale Arch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY.

Men who built the park

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The men who built Central Park: (left to right) Andrew Green, George Waring Jr., Calvert Vaux, Ignaz Pilat, Jacob Wrey Mould and Frederick Law Olmsted.

Prospect park

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Fall foliage in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

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Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing Americais a co-production of WNED PBS, Buffalo/Toronto and Florentine Films/Hott Productions Inc., made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation. With funding provided by HSBC, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation and The C.E. & S. Foundation. With additional support from The Peter C. Cornell Trust and Mass Humanities.

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