Olmsted’s Never-Built Retreat

Dive into Frederick Law Olmsted's design of the U.S. Capitol Grounds in Washington, D.C.

Despite Connecticut’s importance to the Olmsted, there is little contemporary understanding for the state’s place in the story. In response to this information gap, two Connecticut organizations collaborate to complete the state’s Olmsted research and inventory.

Olmsted judged the Genesee River to be Rochester’s fairest asset with natural settings that should be preserved. He recommended the purchase of land and the development of two large parks straddling the Genesee River north and south of the city’s center. The North Park later was named Seneca Park and the South Park Genesee Valley […]