Creating a safe, equitable,
and sustainable Rochester.
Advancing the Land Stewardship of Frederick Law Olmsted
Creating a safe, equitable,
and sustainable Rochester.
Advancing the Land Stewardship of Frederick Law Olmsted
The Parks
Who was Olmsted?
The Case for Parks
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“…for people to come together for the single purpose of enjoyment, unembarrassed by the limitations with which they are surrounded at home, or in pursuit of their daily avocations, or of such amusements as are elsewhere offered.”
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Preliminary Report on Laying out a Park in Brooklyn, New York, 1865.
“Dame Nature is a gentlewoman. No guide’s fees will obtain you her favor, no abrupt demand; hardly will she bear questioning, or direct, curious gazing at her beauty.”
Frederick Law Olmsted, Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England
(New York, 1952)
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