Frederick Law Olmsted's Influence on Springfield Massachusetts
Landscape Architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park amongst other US landscapes, shifted his attention to landscape design and the importance of providing green spaces for urban areas. He helped to establish the American profession of landscape architecture and created a notable body of park, institutional, and private residential designs that influenced the essential shape of cities. Olmsted believed that landscape architects needed more than knowledge of plants and soil; they needed to understand the artistic nature of their work and how designed landscapes could influence human activity and social values. When he retired in 1897, he left a legacy of diverse and well-designed landscapes and a new generation of landscape professionals who understood his vision and could interpret it for the next century.
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