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

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In 1890, Frederick Law Olmsted, then nearly sixty—eight years old, had risen to the pinnacle of his career. Together with his partners, stepson John Charles Olmsted and protégé Henry Sargent Codman, he was involved in a number of major ongoing projects, including the Boston, Buffalo, and Rochester park systems, the campus plan for Sta...