*This webinar is part of our NYAC Summer Encore Series — a limited-time showcase of archived programs, re-airing exclusively this August*
If you've visited a public park in any city across America, chances are you've experienced the vision and legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted, this nation’s first professional landscape architect. While Olmsted is best known for his work in New York City, he also designed parks and public spaces across the nation, and was an instrumental figure in laying out a vision for what would become the National Park System. How did this legendary American landscape architect get his start, and how did he singlehandedly influence so many green spaces throughout the United States? It's time to uncover the history behind the "father of American Landscape Architecture" like never before.
Join New York Adventure Club for a two-part series on the life and legacy of American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822 - 1903), whose projects from urban centers like New York City to rural tracts like California's Yosemite National Park are considered to be some of the world's finest green spaces. In Part Two: Creating America's Green Spaces, we’ll focus on Olmsted’s role on the national stage during the Civil War and in Reconstruction-era America — and see how his vision touched the areas of public health, public space, and parks across the country.
Led by historian Lucie Levine, this unique virtual experience on Olmsted's bicentennial will include:
- Olmsted’s role in one of the largest public-health efforts in American history
- The origins behind his visionary plan for the creation of the National Park System
- A discussion around why Olmsted considered the Buffalo, NY park system one of his crowning achievements
- An in-depth look at the coast-to-coast public parks and park systems that Olmsted designed, including the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, Boston's Emerald Necklace, and the Niagara Reservation
- A survey of some of his most prominent works designed for private clients such as Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate, Stanford University, and Rockefeller's Kykuit Estate
- An exploration of how he turned a "park in the city" into a "city in a park"
See you there, virtually!
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Frederick Law Olmsted Series (Re-Air)
Part 1: New York's Landscape Architect (Tuesday, August 12)
Part 2: Creating America's Green Space (Tuesday, August 19)
Testimonials
"Very well organized into clearly presented topics. Is was really informative. She filled in and tied togeather my limited knowledge of the topics." -Charles
"The event presented a good overview of the variety of Olmsted's work over the years. It made me want to do more reading on him" -Maurice
"Learned much about the scope of FLOlmsted's work and his contribution to reforestation in the US." -Susan
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Categories: Virtual, Moments in History
