Shared Spaces

A look into Gallaudet University, a private federally chartered research university, whose mission is to empower deaf and hard of hearing students.

Glorious – and underappreciated – designed landscapes by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Olmsted Brothers Firm make Utica a very special community in central New York.

Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton, the Schuyler sisters are quite famous. But did you know they were also connected to Frederick Law Olmsted?

Guess this musical…. Famous visionary figure, transformational period of American history, enduring legacy. Hamilton? No. It’s The Promise of Central Park.

Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Geraldine Brooks recounts the joys of living with Tony Horwitz and Frederick Law Olmsted.

An overview of many new books about Frederick Law Olmsted and the Olmsted legacy

Among those who study the work of Olmsted, there is a growing consensus that Olmsted’s experiences in the South had a profound impact on his later career as a landscape architect who would design some of the nation’s most beloved parks.

Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit working to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future. Our campus, a 1,400-acre working farm and National Historic Landmark designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., makes that work a lot easier.

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) today announced a call for nominations for the 2022 edition of Landslide, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit’s annual thematic report drawing attention to the threats faced by culturally significant American parks, gardens, horticultural features, working landscapes, and “other places that collectively embody our shared landscape heritage.”