2022 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. The Olmsted Legacy highlights 200 of the iconic landscapes that he and his successors created, many of which are open to the public and beloved as major cultural sites.
Frederick Law Olmsted is often described as the father of American landscape architecture. He, his firm, and the successor firms that sprung from it worked to shape our parks systems, our suburban neighbourhoods, and most of our best beloved green spaces.
The Olmsted Legacy explores 200 of those spaces, including New York's Central and Prospect Parks, Stanford University's campus, the United States Capitol Grounds, Druid Hills in Atlanta, Lake Park in Wisconsin, and many more. Readers will find contemporary and historical photography and descriptions of each space that provide background on Olmsted's most important contributions.
