In Joseph Ellicott’s time it was dense forest. As fruit orchards began to blossom, the City Fathers invited Frederick Law Olmsted to come to Buffalo to create a park that would rival Central ...

Exploring the role of Frederick Law Olmsted in the Buffalo parks system and Niagara Falls. Exploring the role of Frederick Law Olmsted in the Buffalo parks system and his work with the Free ...

But the 55-foot-wide carriage drive of Olmsted’s day is now a six-lane arterial road. The carriage drive’s rough-textured crushed-gravel surface and the stone-covered service roads were all ...

Layla George is leaving Olmsted Parks Conservancy to direct the redesign of the Belvedere. Frederick Law Olmsted designed parks that include Central Park in New York City. When Layla George took ...

Described as a multi-talented visionary, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted is perhaps best known for designing the grounds of Central Park in New York City and around the U.S. Capitol in ...

A familiar story—where humans intervene, the wilderness loses its raw green power. Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. (1822-1903), the founder of American landscape architecture, didn’t think such ...

Frederick Law Olmsted, most famous for designing New York's Central Park, also designed a system of parks for Louisville. Olmsted's Louisville parks were designed to incorporate the city's diverse ...

George has led the system of historical parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for the last six years. In a letter announcing her decision, she cited her desire for a new challenge and her ...