Author: Leslie Jacobs

Landscape Types

Arboreta and Gardens

Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's arboreta and garden projects.
Landscape Types

Exhibitions and Fairs

Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's exhibition and fair projects.
Landscape Types

Miscellaneous Projects

Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's miscellaneous projects.
Landscape Types

The Olmsted Firm in Canada

Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's projects in Canada.
Personal Reflections

Growing Up in Forest Hills Gardens

Landscape historian and the author Judith B Tankard remembers her formative years in Forest Hills Gardens.
Reprints

FLO Jr on Creating Kings’ Canyon National Park 

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Reprints

Olmsted’s Explanation of the Back Bay Fens

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Olmsted 200

FLO Honored with Street Namings in NY and WI

This article was republished from our August 2022 newsletter.
Reprints

John Charles Olmsted: The True Purpose of a Large Public Park

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Reprints

JCO and Opposition to Building in the Parks

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Reprints

Olmsted on Preserving Niagara Falls 

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Reprints

FLO Jr and John Nolen on City Planning  

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Reprints

FLO Jr’s Role in Creating the California State Park System

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Reprints

FLO’s City Planning: Creating a Park A Quarter Mile from Every Home FLO’s City Planning

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Reprints

John Charles Olmsted and the Spokane Park Centennial

Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.