Title: Genius of place
Description: Describes the life of the landscape architect responsible for New York's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace including his lesser-known time spent as an influential journalist, early voice for the environment and abolitionist, all overshadowed by a tragic personal life.
Subjects: City planning, Biography, Landscape architects, Social reformers, History, Olmsted, frederick law, 1822-1903, Architects, biography, City planning, united states
Places: United States
People: Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)
Time periods: 19th century