Frederick Law Olmsted

Historically, the city has been seen as a leader in the field of landscape architecture, both for places created and the people who created them -- pioneers such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and Calvert Vaux in the 19th century, and Gilmore Clark and Michael Rapuano in the 20th they designed the parks, parkways, and exposition grounds usually attributed to their client, Robert Moses.

Charles A. Birnbaum: Redesigning Design to Make Room for Landscape Charles A. Birnbaum 2010

Historically, the city has been seen as a leader in the field of landscape architecture, both for places created and the people who created them -- pioneers such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and Calvert Vaux in the 19th century, and Gilmore Clark and Michael Rapuano in the 20th they designed the parks, parkways, and exposition grounds usually attributed to their client, Robert Moses.

Charles A. Birnbaum: Redesigning Design to Make Room for Landscape Charles A. Birnbaum 2010

Similarly, Frederick Law Olmsted noted that many blacks in Richmond, Virginia, on a Sunday were “dressed with foppish extravagence, and many in the latest style of fashion.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

How fitting that Mr. Mansfield decries the unfocused education of today's university students on the same page as Michael J. Lewis's review of Justin Martin's new biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, who worked in many occupations unrelated to his final calling as a landscape architect of genius.

'Meathead' Majors Have Values, So Do Other Subjects 2011

Campanella begins by looking back to when planning was a profession known for visionaries such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Daniel Burnham, and John Nolan, and then describes how in the postwar years planners "aided and abetted some of the most egregious acts of urban vandalism in American history," i.e., urban renewal.

Frank Gruber: Planning and Building for the Future, Dead: Round Up the Usual Suspects Frank Gruber 2011

The 30-acre Morningside Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux , includes playgrounds, ball courts, cliff-like landscaping and a seasonal weekly farmer's market.

Central Harlem Gains Ground, Aims for More Melanie Lefkowitz 2011

Campanella begins by looking back to when planning was a profession known for visionaries such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Daniel Burnham, and John Nolan, and then describes how in the postwar years planners "aided and abetted some of the most egregious acts of urban vandalism in American history," i.e., urban renewal.

Frank Gruber: Planning and Building for the Future, Dead: Round Up the Usual Suspects Frank Gruber 2011

Landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux of Central Park fame designed the diamond-shaped green space in 1866.

Ditmas Park Keeps Getting Rediscovered Joseph De Avila 2011

Campanella begins by looking back to when planning was a profession known for visionaries such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Daniel Burnham, and John Nolan, and then describes how in the postwar years planners "aided and abetted some of the most egregious acts of urban vandalism in American history," i.e., urban renewal.

Frank Gruber: Planning and Building for the Future, Dead: Round Up the Usual Suspects Frank Gruber 2011

Campanella begins by looking back to when planning was a profession known for visionaries such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Daniel Burnham, and John Nolan, and then describes how in the postwar years planners "aided and abetted some of the most egregious acts of urban vandalism in American history," i.e., urban renewal.

Frank Gruber: Planning and Building for the Future, Dead: Round Up the Usual Suspects Frank Gruber 2011