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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.: A Vision for the American West

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
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For more than half a century, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870-1957) was one of America’s preeminent landscape architects who pioneered comprehensive planning and played a critical role in forming the nation’s county, state, and national parks. He wrote the key language that established the National Park Service, and for 30 years advised the Park Service on the management and conservation of water and scenic resources. In California, Olmsted helped established the California State Park system and East Bay Regional Park District, and recommended a 160,000-acre park and parkway network for the Los Angeles Region that still guides park advocates. In Colorado, his work resulted in Boulder’s city parks system and floodwater management, as well as Denver’s 40,000-acre mountain park system. In 2014, the National Association for Olmsted Parks, the National Building Museum, and our partners explored Olmsted’s lasting influence on trends and issues specific to the American West, including park management, metropolitan growth, and the protection of the region’s unique environmental resources.

The most comprehensive presentation to date of the full scope of Olmsted’s legacy, the symposium discussed the continued relevance of, and inspirations from, his visionary work as we sought to address contemporary challenges in landscape architecture, regional planning, and natural resource conservation.

Bios for speakers are here. Read the symposium agenda.

The first part of this symposium took place at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2013.
 

Sponsors

The symposium is presented by the National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP) and its partners, the National Building Museum, American Society of Landscape Architects, East Bay Regional Park District, and the Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation with support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Pacific Gas and Electric, Save the Redwoods League, and the American Planning Association. FLO_NAOP_logo_final.jpg
   

Presenting Partners

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     Stephen and Margaret Gill
Family Foundation 

Gold Sponsor

 

Supporting Partner

 

            Silver Sponsors

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Contributing Partners

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With support from

The National Park Service
Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the American West
Stanford University's Heritage Services

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Time: 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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