Genius of place
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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.
City planningBiographyLandscape architectsSocial reformersHistoryOlmsted, frederick law, 1822-1903Architects, biographyCity planning, united states