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Frederick Law Olmsted

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{{en|'''Frederick Law Olmsted''' (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an [[United States|American]] landscape designer and father of American [[:en:landscape architecture|landscape architecture]], famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including [[Central Park]] and [[:en:Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]]. Other project include the country's oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in [[Buffalo, New York]], the country's oldest state park, the [[Niagara Reservation]] in [[Niagara Falls, New York]], [[:en:Mount Royal#Mount Royal Park|Mount Royal Park]] in [[Montreal]], the [[:en:Emerald Necklace|Emerald Necklace]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[:en:Cherokee Park|Cherokee Park]] (and the entire parks and parkway system) in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], as well as [[:en:Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]], [[:en:Washington Park, Chicago|Washington Park]], [[Midway Plaisance]] in [[Chicago]] for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], [[Detroit]]'s 982 acre [[:en:Belle Isle (Michigan)|Belle Isle]] park, the landscape surrounding the [[:en:United States Capitol#The Capitol Grounds|United States Capitol]] building, [[:en:Piedmont Park|Piedmont Park]] in [[Atlanta]], [[George Washington Vanderbilt II]]'s [[Biltmore Estate]] in North Carolina, and Montebello Park in St. Catharines, Ontario.}}
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{{en|'''Frederick Law Olmsted''' (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an [[United States|American]] landscape designer and father of American [[:en:landscape architecture|landscape architecture]], famous for designing many well-known urban parks.}}

== Portraits ==

== Portraits ==
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== Projects ==

== Projects ==

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{{en|Olmsted's projects include [[Central Park]] and [[:en:Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]], the country's oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in [[Buffalo, New York]], the country's oldest state park, the [[Niagara Reservation]] in [[Niagara Falls]], New York, [[:en:Mount Royal#Mount Royal Park|Mount Royal Park]] in [[Montreal]], the [[:en:Emerald Necklace|Emerald Necklace]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[:en:Cherokee Park|Cherokee Park]] (and the entire parks and parkway system) in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], as well as [[:en:Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]], [[:en:Washington Park, Chicago|Washington Park]], [[Midway Plaisance]] in [[Chicago]] for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], [[Detroit]]'s {982-acre [[:en:Belle Isle (Michigan)|Belle Isle]] park, the landscape surrounding the [[:en:United States Capitol#The Capitol Grounds|United States Capitol]] building, [[:en:Piedmont Park|Piedmont Park]] in [[Atlanta]], [[George Washington Vanderbilt II]]'s [[Biltmore Estate]] in North Carolina, and Montebello Park in St. Catharines, Ontario.}}

File:Falcon at Arnold Arboretum dkjb.jpg|Arnold Arboretum (Boston, MA)

File:Falcon at Arnold Arboretum dkjb.jpg|Arnold Arboretum (Boston, MA)

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