Scenic overlooks: Frederick Law Olmsted's landscapes have taught us how to think about nature for 100 years.(Brief Article) Newsweek | February 24, 1997| | COPYRIGHT 1997 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Frederick Law Olmsted's landscapes have taught us how to think about nature for 100 years

IF A NOVELIST MADE UP A CHARACTER like Frederick Law Olmsted, no one would believe it. One of those aimless young men of promise who never finish what they start, Olmsted was a 36-year-old farmer on Staten Island, N.Y., when his blueprint for Central Park, designed in collaboration with the architect Calvert Vaux, won the city's competition for a design in 1858. Magically, inexplicably, the commission transformed him into a man of purpose obsessed with the democratic ideal of ...

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