Category: Olmsted & the Olmsted Firm

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.

Landscape 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.

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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.

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Subdivisions and Suburban Communities
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's subdivision projects.

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Grounds of Residential Institutions
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's residential institution projects.

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Grounds of Public Buildings
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's public grounds projects.

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Private Estates and Homesteads
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's private estate projects.

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Cemeteries, Burial Lots, Memorials and Monuments
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's cemetery projects.

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Grounds of Commercial and Industrial Buildings
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's commercial and industrial building projects.

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Country Clubs, Resorts, Hotels and Clubs
Taken from The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm 1857-1979, this article introduces the firm's country club and hotel projects.