Olmsted, Frederick Law
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Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822–1903),landscape architect and conservationist, noted for his unbiased travel books,
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States (1856),
A Journey Through Texas (1857), and
A Journey in the Back Country (1860), which were condensed and reissued as
The Cotton Kingdom (2 vols., 1861). He also wrote
Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (1852). His greatest works in landscape architecture include Central Park and Riverside Park in New York City; the Boston park system; the Capitol grounds at Washington, D.C.; the 1893 World's Fair at Chicago; and the campuses of the University of California and Stanford University. Olmsted was instrumental in making public lands of Niagara Falls and Yosemite, and published works relating to public parks.
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THE GREENING OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/12/1990; ; 700+ words
; FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED Passion of a Public Artist By Melvin Kalfus New York University...Spongberg Harvard University Press, 270 pages, $35, illustrated Frederick Law Olmsted, a New England icon, figured large in the culture of the region...
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A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century
Magazine article from: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth...together the innumerable details of Olmsted's life into a highly readable...Roper's FLO: A Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins...
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In the park with Fred The man who brought country to city -- a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; A CLEARING IN THE DISTANCE Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century By Witold...working on a series of paintings of Boston's Olmsted landscapes. Frederick Law Olmsted was a self-invented man. His mother...
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Parks For People.(park designer Frederick Law Olmsted)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 6/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...apartment," he says. Frederick Law Olmsted foresaw that need long...into architecture. Olmsted shaped it into hills...construction. One and all. Olmsted's purposes were social...worships at the altar of Frederick Law Olmsted," explains...
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A CLEARING IN THE DISTANCE: FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.(Review)
Magazine article from: American Scholar; 6/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...IN THE DISTANCE: FREDERICIK LAW OLMSTED AND AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH...s admirable new biography of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), the subject...architect. Of all American artists, Frederick Law Olmsted ... stands first...
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Scenic overlooks: Frederick Law Olmsted's landscapes have taught us how to think about nature for 100 years.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 2/24/1997; ; 700+ words
; 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...
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"A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century,"
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/8/1999; ; 618 words
; "A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century," by Witold...similar assessment could be made about the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, the social-reformer-turned-landscape...
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Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted not the first.(Commentary)(Editorials)(Letters)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/27/1999; 477 words
; ...his review of Witold Rybczynski's biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, your reviewer, Eli Lehrer, writes, "It comes...Witold Rybczynski's `A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century' is the...
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Olmsted's Cracker preacher. (Frederick Law Olmstead)
Magazine article from: Southern Cultures; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Frederick Law Olmsted, in his Journal in the Seaboard Slave...believed in witchcraft and evil spirits, Olmsted warmed to his task. He provided a lengthy...going of whites and blacks displeased Olmsted, and the shrieking offended his sense...
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Crowning jewel: Franklin Park tour celebrates centerpiece of Frederick Law Olmsted's sparkling Emerald Necklace.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 5/25/1997; ; 570 words
; ...Rangers will celebrate designer Frederick Law Olmsted's work with a free two-hour...tour of the grounds. Designed by Olmsted 25 years after his landmark achievement...environment. Alan Banks, of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historical...
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Frederick Law Olmsted
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), American landscape architect...study of Olmsted's work. Important as source material is Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect, edited by F. L. Olmsted, Jr., and...
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Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822-1903)
Book article from: American Eras
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) Sources Landscape architect Significance. Frederick Law Olmsted was America’s foremost landscape architect in the late...
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Olmsted, Frederick Law
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822–1903), landscape...architect.Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Olmsted farmed from 1847 to 1852 and then toured...Beveridge and and Paul Rocheleau , Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing the American...
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City Beautiful: The Rise of Urban Planning
Book article from: American Eras
...x2014;to revise tenement laws, construct affordable and...transform the built environment. Olmsted’s Vision. Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), arguably...green. European cities, Olmsted noted, gracefully integrated...
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Landscape Architecture
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...term was first used in 1858 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who were then...constructing New York's Central Park. Olmsted and Vaux may have coined the term...demand for parks after 1850. After Olmsted and Vaux set the standard with...
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