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The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks

Dennis Drabelle

The Power of Scenery tells the story of how the world’s national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted’s insights and energy serving to link three American jewels: Yosemite…

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Conditions in Detroit, 1915…

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (1852)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (1852)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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A Journey in the Back Country V1: In the Winter of 1853-54 (1907)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862 (1863)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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The Park for Detroit: Being a Preliminary Consideration of Certain Prime Conditions of Economy for the Belle Isle Scheme (1882)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

Designed To Further Determinative Discussion Of The Lasting Interests Of The City In The Matter, With A View To A Settled Policy.

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Belle Isle: After One Year (1884)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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The Park for Detroit: Being a Preliminary Consideration of Certain Prime Conditions of Economy for the Belle Isle Scheme (1882)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903; Volume 1

Frederick Law Olmsted, Theodora Kimball Hubbard

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The Smoke Nuisance (1908)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.,Harlan Page Kelsey

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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States 2 Volume Paperback Set: With Remarks on their Economy

Frederick Law Olmsted,Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr,William P. Trent

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), American journalist and landscape designer, wrote A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States after travelling in the south in 1853-4. It abounds in fascinating and witty…

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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on their Economy

Frederick Law Olmsted,Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr,William P. Trent

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), American journalist and landscape designer, wrote A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States after travelling in the south in 1853-4. It abounds in fascinating and witty…

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The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Early Boston Years, 1882-1890

Frederick Law Olmsted

He would never provide a definitive treatise or textbook on landscape architecture, but the articles presented in this volume contain some of his most mature and powerful statements on the…

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The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great Projects, 1890-1895

Frederick Law Olmsted

Sanitary Commission, the quality of landscape design in England and France, the biographical circumstances that proved most important to his development as an artist, and his hopes and fears for…

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Civilizing American Cities: Writings on City Landscapes

Frederick Law Olmsted,Frederick Law Olmstead

Frederick Law Olmstead designed many American city parks and the parkways and neighbourhoods around them. Prior to their design, he had also written five books and other literature on American…

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903; Volume 1

Frederick Law Olmsted, Theodora Kimball Hubbard

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Civilizing American Cities: A Selection of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Writings on City Landscapes

A century ago Frederick Law Olmsted recognized the need for extensive planning if American cities were to become civilized environments for man. The selections in this book demonstrate his understanding…

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The Man Who Made Parks: The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted

Frieda Wishinsky

The story of Olmsted who designed some of North America’s most famous public spaces
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The City and the Allegheny River Bridges: Recommendations for Bridge Heights and Pier Locations to Meet the Various Transportation Needs of Pittsburgh (1910)

Thomas William Symons,Frederick Law Olmsted, JR

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The Smoke Nuisance (1908) the Smoke Nuisance (1908)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.,Harlan Page Kelsey

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Improvement of the City of Detroit: Reports (1905)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.,Charles Mulford Robinson

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Improvement of the City of Detroit: Reports (1905)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.,Charles Mulford Robinson

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Carrying Out the City Plan

Frederick Law Olmsted, Flavel Shurtleff

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Carrying out the City Plan; the Practical Application of American law in the Execution of City Plans

Frederick Law Olmsted, Flavel Shurtleff

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Flavel Shurtleff

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A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

Frederick Law Olmsted

Before he became America’s foremost landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) was by turns a surveyor, merchant seaman, farmer, magazine publisher, and traveling newspaper correspondent. In 1856-57 he took a…

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Olmsted Legacy: How Frederick Law Olmsted and His Firm Shaped the North American Landscape

The Cultural Landscape Foundation,Charles Birnbaum,Dena Tasse-Winter,Scott Craver,Arleyn Levee

2022 is the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. In celebration of this, Experiencing Olmsted highlights 200 of the iconic landscapes created by him and his successors, many…

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Hospital Transports, a Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862 [Ed. by F.L. Olmsted 2 Copies].

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.

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Improvement of the City of Detroit: Reports (1905)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.,Charles Mulford Robinson

""Improvement Of The City Of Detroit: Reports (1905)"" is a book written by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. that focuses on the urban planning and development of the city of Detroit…

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Carrying out the City Plan; the Practical Application of American law in the Execution of City Plans

Frederick Law Olmsted, Flavel Shurtleff

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A Modern Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Plan for Forest Hills Gardens

Susan L. Klaus

Designed to apply the new science of city planning to a suburban setting, Forest Hill Gardens was created to provide housing for commuters to New York City. This history chronicles…

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903: Early Years and Experiences, Together with Biographical Notes (1922)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903: Early Years And Experiences, Together With Biographical Notes (1922) is a book written by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. about his father, Frederick Law Olmsted…

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Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

Frederick Law Olmsted

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A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States In The Years 1853-1854; Volume 2

Frederick Law Olmsted

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Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

Frederick Law Olmsted

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The Englishman in Kansas: Or Squatter Life and Border Warfare (1857)

Thomas H Gladstone

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Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted visited England and Wales during a walking tour in 1850. He recorded his impressions of the trip in this volume, which is poetic, funny, critical and meticulous…

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Observations on the Treatment of Public Plantations: More Especially Relating to the Use of the Axe

Frederick Law Olmsted,Jonathan Baxter Harrison

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The Smoke Nuisance

Frederick Law Olmsted,Harlan Page Kelsey

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Landscape into cityscape; Frederick Law Olmsted’s plans for a greater New York City. Edited with an introductory essay and notes by Albert Fein.

Frederick Law 1822-1903 Olmsted

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A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States In The Years 1853-1854; Volume 2

Frederick Law Olmsted

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The Smoke Nuisance (1908)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.,Harlan Page Kelsey

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The City and the Allegheny River Bridges: Recommendations for Bridge Heights and Pier Locations to Meet the Various Transportation Needs of Pittsburgh (1910)

Thomas William Symons,Frederick Law Olmsted, JR

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The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: A Preliminary Report, 1865

Frederick Law Olmsted

When Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan visited Yosemite National Park, they both called out Fredrick Law Olmsted as a major influence and inspiration for their documentary film, The National Parks…

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Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces

Hugh Howard

A dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted–and their immense impact on AmericaAs the nation recovered from a cataclysmic…

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Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces

Hugh Howard

A dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted–and their immense impact on AmericaAs the nation recovered from a cataclysmic…

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903: Early Years and Experiences, Together with Biographical Notes (1922)

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The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks

Conditions in Detroit, 1915…

Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (1852)

Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (1852)

A Journey in the Back Country V1: In the Winter of 1853-54 (1907)

Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862 (1863)

The Park for Detroit: Being a Preliminary Consideration of Certain Prime Conditions of Economy for the Belle Isle Scheme (1882)

Belle Isle: After One Year (1884)

The Park for Detroit: Being a Preliminary Consideration of Certain Prime Conditions of Economy for the Belle Isle Scheme (1882)

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903; Volume 1

The Smoke Nuisance (1908)

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States 2 Volume Paperback Set: With Remarks on their Economy

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on their Economy

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Early Boston Years, 1882-1890

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great Projects, 1890-1895

Civilizing American Cities: Writings on City Landscapes

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903; Volume 1

Civilizing American Cities: A Selection of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Writings on City Landscapes

The Man Who Made Parks: The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted

The City and the Allegheny River Bridges: Recommendations for Bridge Heights and Pier Locations to Meet the Various Transportation Needs of Pittsburgh (1910)

The Smoke Nuisance (1908) the Smoke Nuisance (1908)

Improvement of the City of Detroit: Reports (1905)

Improvement of the City of Detroit: Reports (1905)

Carrying Out the City Plan

Carrying out the City Plan; the Practical Application of American law in the Execution of City Plans

Carrying Out the City Plan

A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

Olmsted Legacy: How Frederick Law Olmsted and His Firm Shaped the North American Landscape

Hospital Transports, a Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862 [Ed. by F.L. Olmsted 2 Copies].

Improvement of the City of Detroit: Reports (1905)

Carrying out the City Plan; the Practical Application of American law in the Execution of City Plans

A Modern Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Plan for Forest Hills Gardens

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903: Early Years and Experiences, Together with Biographical Notes (1922)

Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States In The Years 1853-1854; Volume 2

Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

The Englishman in Kansas: Or Squatter Life and Border Warfare (1857)

Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England

Observations on the Treatment of Public Plantations: More Especially Relating to the Use of the Axe

The Smoke Nuisance

Landscape into cityscape; Frederick Law Olmsted’s plans for a greater New York City. Edited with an introductory essay and notes by Albert Fein.

A Journey In The Seaboard Slave States In The Years 1853-1854; Volume 2

The Smoke Nuisance (1908)

The City and the Allegheny River Bridges: Recommendations for Bridge Heights and Pier Locations to Meet the Various Transportation Needs of Pittsburgh (1910)

The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: A Preliminary Report, 1865

Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces

Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces

Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903: Early Years and Experiences, Together with Biographical Notes (1922)

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