Category: Parks & Public Spaces

Downing Park, the last collaboration between Olmsted and Vaux, continues to be a beloved asset in the Newburgh community.

Buffalo city leaders recently named the atrium of the former post office building after preservationist and longtime legislator Joan Bozer.

When a 1979 tornado leveled 80% of Louisville's Cherokee Park, it launched the Olmsted Park Conservancy, but it also unleashed a new danger.

The Olmsted Network weighs in on the legal challenge to proposed renovations to White Stadium in Boston's Franklin Park.

Olmsted Linear Park Alliance recently hosted its annual Green & Gold Gala, raising over $65,000 to support the preservation of the park and the care of its magnificent trees.

When development threatened the Genesee Valley Park in Rochester, NY, the Land Protector Project responded.

A new trail in Brooklyn's Prospect Park offers visitors a walk through the forest that's been behind fencing for nearly 30 years.

Each spring, cherry blossoms are a beloved feature of many Olmsted landscapes.

Help bring awareness to this issue by writing a letter to Mayor Adams.

Emerald Necklace Conservancy opposes privatization of Franklin Park in legal filing.

Experts John King, Torey Carter-Conneen, Kate Orff and Thomas Woltz discuss the past, present and future of landscape architecture.

The Olmsted Network recently presented Memorial Park Association with a resolution to commemorate the park’s 100th anniversary.

The Olmsted Network welcomed historic roads expert Dan Marriott for a deep dive into the history and modern uses of park roads.

The gift that keeps on giving: how the Wheatena Corporation's gift of four acres of parkland to Rahway, New Jersey, in 1922 was the seed that grew into the Rahway River Parkway and, ultimately, the Union County Park System.

Friends of Olmsted-Beil House is the proud recipient of a grant that will enable them to prepare a historic preservation plan and schematic design for Olmsted’s historic farmhouse.