Category: Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm
Field Notes
Instructions to Draftsmen
Created by the Olmsted Brothers firm in 1932, this newly digitized booklet served as a formalized guide for the office’s graphic standards.
Field Notes
Act Now: Stand with Fairsted
The Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site—known as Fairsted—faces budget and staff reductions.
Field Notes
Revitalizing Portland’s Olmsted Parks
In this Q&A, Suzanne Bishop explains how a passionate group of advocates are pushing for a new parks funding model in Oregon’s largest city.
Landscape Architecture & Design
The Olmsted Legacy in Seattle
How Olmsted Brothers helped make Seattle a beautiful city.
Field Notes
Riverside Now Fully Covered as National Historic Landmark
Recognized for its historical and architectural significance, the Village of Riverside, IL, recently received expanded National Historic Landmark boundaries.
Conservation & Advocacy
Crichton Club Speech Paves Way for Olmsted Preservation in Ohio
Olmsted Network President & CEO Anne "Dede" Petri recently spoke at the prestigious Crichton Club, calling for a deeper commitment to the preservation of Ohio's rich Olmsted heritage.
Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm
Job 7359: Olmsted’s Influence on Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
The Caumsett Foundation learns more about the site's Olmsted history.
Personal Reflections
Retracing Olmsted’s Footsteps
Olmsted Network President & CEO Dede Petri recounts the trip of a lifetime, retracing Frederick Law Olmsted's footsteps in England with John Phibbs, Gilly Kitching and 12 intrepid Olmsted pilgrims. Olmsted’s first book and delightful travelogue, Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England, provides the backdrop for these observations.
Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm
Alabama’s Olmsted Legacy
Exploring the Olmsted Brothers impact on Birmingham, AL.
Landscape Architecture & Design
Olmsted “Paints With Lakes”
Author Justin Martin reflects on Frederick Law Olmsted's legacy for American Heritage Magazine in Volume 68, Issue 4.
Reprints
Olmsted’s Design Improvements for the Capitol Grounds
Through Reprints, the Olmsted Network makes available excerpts from important original writings of the Olmsted firm.
Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm
Spotlighting Historic Landscapes Could Benefit Milwaukee: Storytelling about places and people helps promote cities
Republished from a 2019 post on Shepherd Express, this article highlights the importance of storytelling about places and people to helps promote cities.
Project Types
Parks, Parkways, Recreation Areas and Scenic Reservations
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's park projects.
Project Types
City and Regional Planning and Improvement Projects
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's city planning projects.
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College and School Campuses
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's campus projects.