More Than Ever, We Need Frederick Law Olmsted! (a birthday note from Pete Sechler)

More Than Ever, We Need Frederick Law Olmsted! April is World Landscape Architecture Month—a month that perhaps not coincidentally includes the birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted. Born on April 26 in 1822, Olmsted is generally regarded as the founder of American Landscape Architecture. While not everyone outside the landscape architecture profession knows his name, most know his work: Central Park in New York City, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Piedmont Park in Atlanta.