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Utica’s Olmsted ‘Footprint’: Then and Now
A brief history of the Olmsted brothers parks and residential development design projects in Utica, NY, between 1906 and 1931. The webinar will include a discussion of recent efforts to rehabilitate Frederick T. Proctor Park, the culmination of the firm’s collaboration with local philanthropist Thomas R. Proctor. Philip Bean earned degrees from Union College, Oxford […]
Conversations with Olmsted: Investing in Our Tree Canopy— A Call to Action in a Time of Climate Change
Trees are essential allies in the fight against climate change. They absorb carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, helping to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. They also regulate local climates, cool urban areas and provide habitats for countless species. Join us on August 19 for a special Conversations with Olmsted webinar all […]
Olmsted Network Partner Conference
Please join us this October in Washington, D.C. as the Olmsted Network continues its work to cultivate, connect, educate and champion conservancies and friends groups across the country. Our goal is to ensure that all of our partners— no matter big or small— have an arsenal of knowledge and a network of support to help preserve […]
Beyond the Emerald Necklace: Charles Eliot’s role in expanding the Olmsted vision
Beyond the Emerald Necklace: Charles Eliot’s role in expanding the Olmsted vision to regional and statewide landscape planning. The first unpaid intern in the Olmsted office in Brookline, Charles Eliot (1859-1897) later traveled in Europe for self education before establishing an independent practice in Boston. In 1893, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and John Charles Olmsted convinced Eliot […]