Portrait Of A Pioneer
9 September 2003 - 12:00pm
Legendary landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, left his imprint on 600 parks and open spaces throughout the nation.
[Frederick Law Olmsted], the founder of American landscape architecture, left his imprint on about 600 parks and open spaces throughout the United States...He decried the late 19th-century movement to lock up vast scenic acreage for private use by the rich. Parks, he believed, should be outdoor living rooms for people of all social classes, ages and backgrounds..."
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Nature was his canvas
Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 8, 2003
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