English & Literature
Who is Frederick Law Olmstead from The City Reader and what is their importance?
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Frederick Law Olmstead is the author of Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns. A renowned landscape architect, Olmstead planned Central Park, Riverdale, IL, the Boston parks, the Capitol grounds in D.C., and Stanford University.
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