Frederick Law Olmsted (Wikimedia)
Birth name |
Aliases |
Frederick Law Olmsted |
None |
Birth date |
Birth place |
April 25, 1822 |
Hartford, Connecticut USA |
Date of death |
Place of death |
August 28, 1903 (aged 81) |
Belmont, Massachusetts USA |
Known for |
Designing many parks in Buffalo |
Occupation(s) |
landscape architect, journalist |
Website |
http://www.olmsted.org/ |
Wikipedia |
Frederick Law Olmsted |
Frederick Law Olmsted was the father of landscape architecture in America. If Picasso used oils to express himself and Olmsted used the land, then some of his greatest body of work (parks) is located here in Buffalo, New York.
References
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks on BuffaloOlmstedparks.org
- Buffalo Park and Parkway System on Buffalo as an Architectural Museum
- Municipal Parks and City Planning: Frederick Law Olmsted's Buffalo Park and Parkway System by Francis R. Kowsky
- Buffalo NY Parks System
Notes
- Many references fall prey to the misspelling, Olmstead - even Wikipedia has a redirect (;>)