Olmsted's Famous Parks and Designs 

Although Olmsted’s name is linked forever with Central Park, he designed many other well-known parks and public spaces. Examples include Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the U.S. Capitol Grounds in Washington, D.C., and Mount Royal Park in Montreal. He designed interconnecting park systems for Boston, Seattle, Buffalo, Rochester and Louisville. Olmsted’s vision shaped the campuses of academic institutions such as Stanford University and the grounds of country homes like Biltmore Estate. He also designed residential communities, among them Riverside, Illinois, and, at the end of his career, Druid Hills, Atlanta.

Two of Olmsted’s sons, John Charles and Frederick Law Jr., became his partners and played principal roles in the firm after their father’s retirement in 1895. “Fairsted,” the Olmsted home and office in Brookline, Massachusetts, has been restored by the National Park Service and is open to visitors.

Suggested links:
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site: www.nps.gov
New York City: www.centralpark.org
Brooklyn: www.prospectpark.org
Boston: www.emeraldnecklace.org
Buffalo: www.buffaloolmstedparks.org
Louisville: www.olmstedparks.org
Seattle: www.frinkpark.org