Complex sentence: The choice of noted landscape architect Horace Cleveland was fortunate as well; he was hired by the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners to create a series of parks and interconnected parkways to connect and preserve existing natural features in and near the city.
Split into simpler sentences: The choice of noted landscape architect Horace Cleveland was fortunate as well. He was hired by the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners to create a series of parks and interconnected parkways to connect and preserve existing natural features in and near the city.