Frederick Law Olmsted was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture. Olmsted was famous for ...

Sheep Meadow is quiet on this Wednesday morning in June. The guitar-strummers and sunbathers who lounged on its lawn yesterday are gone, and now its only occupants are the elms and sycamores that ...

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A Weston, Massachusetts, mansion with gardens by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed New York’s iconic Central Park, hit the market Tuesday for $7.75 million. Known as Ridgehurst, ...

BRIDGEPORT — Frederick Law Olmsted’s projects include some of the nation’s most storied landmarks, including New York’s Central Park and the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. But to Bridgeport residents, ...

Today, the history of the community, which once existed near Tanner Spring on the west edge of the park, is being reinterpreted. Efforts are underway by the Central Park Conservancy to commemorate the ...

The Fort Monroe Authority wants to remake the 560-acre national landmark and park into an experience rivaling New York’s Central Park or London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Officials now say ...