Federick Law Olmsted, Jr. (1870 - 1957) was a noted American landscape architect, educator, conservationist, and arguably the intellectual leader of the American city planning movement in the early twentieth century,. He was born on Staten Island, New York, the son of Frederick Law Olmsted, the foremost landscape architect in the United States, and Mary Cleveland Perkins Olmsted, the widow of Olmsted's brother. Although at birth he was given the names Henry Perkins, his father later renamed him. A landscape architect is primarily a designer of spaces, mostly landscapes, and sometimes gardens, in the field of landscape architecture. ... For other uses, see Staten Island (disambiguation) Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822–August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well known urban parks, including Central Park in New York, New York, the countrys oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, Mount Royal Park in...

While still a Harvard University undergraduate, Olmsted worked one summer in Daniel Burnham's office on the "White City" of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. After his 1894 graduation, Olmsted spent thirteen months on site at the Biltmore Estate whose grounds were then being developed. In December 1895, he joined the Olmsted firm in Brookline, Massachusetts, where, following his father's retirement in 1897, he became a full partner with his step-brother, John Charles Olmsted in the highly influential Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm. In the following year, he was named landscape architect for the Boston Metropolitan Park Commission, serving from 1898 to 1920. In 1899 he helped found the American Society of Landscape Architects and served two terms as its president (1908-1909, 1919-1923). In 1900, he was appointed instructor in landscape architecture at Harvard, where he prepared a curriculum and helped create the world's first four-year course in the landscape design. He taught at Harvard from 1901 to 1914, the last eleven years as Charles Eliot Professor. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Masonic Temple Building Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 - June 1, 1912) was born in Henderson, New York and raised in Chicago, Illinois. ... Categories: Stub | Castles in America | Mansions | The Vanderbilts ... John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) was a noted American landscape architect. ... The Olmsted Brothers company was an extremely influential landscape design firm in the United States, formed in 1898 by step-brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. ... Charles Eliot (1959-1897), noted American landscape architect. ...

In 1901, Olmsted joined the Park Improvement Commission for the District of Columbia, commonly know as the McMillan Commission, where he served with Daniel Burnham, Charles McKim, and Augustus St. Gaudens. For decades he worked to improve the District, serving on the two federal oversight bodies, the Commission of Fine Arts (1910-1918) and the National Capital Park Planning Commission (1926-1932). As adviser or designer, he worked on many prominent Washington landmarks, including the White House grounds, the Federal Triangle, the Jefferson Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt Island, Rock Creek Parkway, and the National Cathedral grounds. ... Masonic Temple Building Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 - June 1, 1912) was born in Henderson, New York and raised in Chicago, Illinois. ... Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847—September 14, 1909) was one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts architects of the late nineteenth century, as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White ( for list of works). ... Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 _ Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish-French American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ... This page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). ... The Jefferson Memorial from across the tidal basin The Jefferson Memorial at night, pediment sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman Jefferson Memorial at dusk, illuminated The Jefferson Memorial is a monument in Washington, DC to Thomas Jefferson. ... Theodore Roosevelt Island is a national park located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. named after the 26th president of the United States. ... Washington National Cathedral was the site of two Presidential state funerals: for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald W. Reagan, and a presidential burial in the cathedral mausoleum: Woodrow Wilson. ...

Between 1905 and 1915 he produced planning reports for the cities of Detroit (1905, 1915), Utica (1907), Boulder (1910), Pittsburgh (1910), New Haven (1910), Rochester (1911), and Newport (1913), as well as suburban master plans for new sections of Roland Park (Baltimore), Forest Hills Gardens, Queens (New York City), and Torrance, California (largely unrealized). The basic principles of his suburban plans have had a lasting influence on American planning. Forest Hills Gardens is a housing development in the neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens (in New York City). ... City of Torrance official logo Torrance is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ...

With his step-brother's death in 1920, Olmsted became the Olmsted firm's senior partner, then the largest office of landscape architecture in the world, and his duties within the firm became primarily administrative. However, in 1921 he advised on a regional plan for greater New York area, and his plan for Fort Tryon Park also dates from this period. Olmsted designed two notable suburban communities in the 1920s: Palos Verdes Estates in California and the Mountain Lake Club in Lake Wales, Florida. Fort Tryon Fort Tryon Park is located in Washington Heights, New York City. ... Palos Verdes Estates is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ... Lake Wales is a city located in Polk County, Florida. ...

As he grew older, Olmsted devoted much of his time to public service, with a special focus on the conservation of the country's state and national park and remaining wilderness areas. He provided the key language in the 1916 bill establishing the National Park Service, and for thirty years advised the Park Service on issues of management and conservation for national parks from coast to coast, with particular influence on Maine's Acadia National Park, the Florida Everglades, and Yosemite. In 1928, he prepared a guide for the selection and acquisition of land for the California park system which became a model for other states. Olmsted also devised a master plan for saving the California redwoods. Olmsted retired in 1949, eight years before his death in Malibu, California. He is buried in the Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut with his father. The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States Federal Government agency that deals with all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation properties with various designations. ... Scenic view of Acadia National Park from the Otter Cliffs. ... An Anhinga perched on the boardwalk railing The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. ... Yosemite National Park (pron. ... Malibu is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ... Hartford is the capital of the state of Connecticut, in Hartford County. ...

References

• Klaus, Susan L. "All in the Family: The Olmsted Office and the Business of Landscape Architecture," Landscape Journal 16 (Spring 1997), 80-93.

• Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr. "City Planning. An Introductory Address," in Proceedings of the Second National Conference on City Planning (1910), 15-32.

• Olmsted, Frederic Law, Jr. "Landscape Architecture in Connection with Public Buildings in Washington," in American Architect and Building News, January 19, 1901, 19-21.

External links

• Brief biography by the National Association of Olmsted Parks (http://www.olmsted.org/olmsteds/feredrick_jr.htm)