Frederick Law Olmsted

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Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.

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instanceOf landscape architect ⓘ
person ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1822-04-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
child Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ
John Charles Olmsted ⓘ
coDesignerWith Calvert Vaux ⓘ
Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ
John Charles Olmsted ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1903-08-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Belmont, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
educatedAt Yale College (informal studies) ⓘ
linked to: Yale University
employer U.S. Sanitary Commission ⓘ
familyName Olmsted ⓘ
fieldOfWork landscape architecture ⓘ
park design ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
founded Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot ⓘ
linked to: Olmsted, Vaux & Co.

Olmsted, Vaux & Co. ⓘ
fullName Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. ⓘ
givenName Frederick ⓘ
influenced American landscape architecture ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ⓘ
John Charles Olmsted ⓘ
urban park movement in the United States ⓘ
knownFor co-design of Belle Isle Park in Detroit ⓘ
co-design of Mount Royal Park in Montreal ⓘ
co-design of the Niagara Reservation at Niagara Falls ⓘ
co-design of the park system in Buffalo, New York ⓘ
design of Central Park in New York City ⓘ
design of Prospect Park in Brooklyn ⓘ
design of Riverside, Illinois, one of the first planned suburbs ⓘ
design of the Biltmore Estate landscape in Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
design of the Emerald Necklace park system in Boston ⓘ
design of the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
pioneering the profession of landscape architecture in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableIdea integration of large urban parks into city planning ⓘ
parks as democratic spaces for all social classes ⓘ
parkways and greenways connecting urban parks ⓘ
notableWork Biltmore Estate landscape, Asheville ⓘ
linked to: Biltmore Estate

Buffalo Park and Parkway System ⓘ
Central Park, New York City ⓘ
linked to: Central Park

Emerald Necklace, Boston ⓘ
linked to: Emerald Necklace

Mount Royal Park, Montreal ⓘ
Niagara Reservation, Niagara Falls ⓘ
Prospect Park, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Prospect Park

Riverside, Illinois town plan ⓘ
U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
landscape architect ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War (as administrator, not soldier) ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
positionHeld General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission ⓘ
residence Brookline, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Brookline
spouse Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted ⓘ
wrote A Journey Through Texas ⓘ
A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4 ⓘ
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States ⓘ
Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England ⓘ

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Stony Brook → designedIntoLandscapeBy → Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
George Washington Vanderbilt II → workedWith → Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
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The Pond (Central Park) → designer → Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
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Mount Royal Park → designer → Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
subject linked to: Mount Royal
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The Lake (Central Park) → designedBy → Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
subject linked to: The Lake
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Fort Greene Park → designer → Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
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