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Apr 21, 2011 · This film examines the creation of America's great city parks in the late 1800s through the enigmatic eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted, visionary urban planner and landscape architect.
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- Rebecca Messner
- 2011-04-21
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks a one hour documentary, examines the formation of America’s first great city parks in the late 19th century through the enigmatic eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822 – 1903), visionary urban planner and landscape architect.
Apr 17, 2011 · This film examines the creation of America's great city parks in the late 1800s through the enigmatic eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted, visionary urban planner and landscape architect.
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The film features the voices of Kevin Kline and Kerry Washington. 151 years after Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City’s Central Park with Calvert Vaux, it remains an undisputed haven of tranquility amidst one of the largest, tallest, and most unnatural places on earth. Olmsted and America's Urban Parks, a one hour documentary, examines the...
Charles Beveridge– Author, Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing the American Landscape; series editor, The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, Department of History, American University, Washington D.C. Witold Rybczynski- Professor of urbanism, University of Pennsylvania; author, A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Ninetee...
A Film By Rebecca Messner is a first time filmmaker, and an Olmsted enthusiast. As a writer, Rebecca’s work has appeared in Johns Hopkins Magazine, Urbanite Magazine, and Time Out New York. George deGolian, Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning filmmaker, produced such works as Academy Award nominated Gullah Tales, a series of films based on Sou...
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- Kevin Kline, Kerry Washington
- PBS
This film examines the creation of America's great city parks in the late 1800s through the enigmatic eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted, visionary urban planner and landscape architect.
In his own words, Olmsted and America's Urban Parks weaves together Olmsted's engaging and poignant personal story with those of the lasting masterpieces he left for...
