Parks & Public Spaces

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Field Notes

Village of Riverside’s volunteers include Gold Award Girl Scout

The Village reflects on two projects— improving Triangle 55 and planting a grove in honor of Olmsted’s bicentennial.
Field Notes

Olmsted City of Greater Utica focuses on raising funds for restoration projects

Run entirely by volunteers, Olmsted City of Greater Utica has taken tremendous steps forward in educating its community and raising funds for restoration projects.
Parks & Public Spaces

Olmsted City of Greater Utica: A Treasure in Central New York 

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.
Parks & Public Spaces

Portland’s Forest Park: An Olmsted Vision and Treasure

Eliza Davidson and Marcy Cottrell Houle explore the link between Forest Park and John Charles Olmsted.
Parks & Public Spaces

Concert Grove and London Planes – A Look Inside Prospect Park

Prospect Park Gardener, Jesse Brody, here muses on the London Plane Tree that provides the canopy in Prospect Park’s Concert Grove.
Landscape Architecture & Design

The Olmsted Legacy in Chicago

Julia Bachrach explores the Olmsted Legacy in Chicago, IL.
Parks & Public Spaces

Noteworthy Openings at Belle Isle

The Belle Isle Aquarium and Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory have reopened; Oudolf Garden Detroit debuts. 
Parks & Public Spaces

A Long Road for Restoration of a Short Bridge

As of late September, concrete footings and steps have been poured. Started in 1998, the project should be completed in Spring 2022.
Parks & Public Spaces

Downing Park History, Landscape, and Updates

The city and park have partnered with The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties to reimagine the future of the park. 
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