Calvert Vaux

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British American architect landscape architect person urban planner

Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British American → architect → landscape architect → person → urban planner →
activeIn	19th century →
burialPlace	Kensico Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	drowning →
citizenship	United Kingdom → United States of America →
coDesignerWith	Frederick Law Olmsted →
collaboratedWith	Andrew Jackson Downing → Frederick Law Olmsted →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1824-12-20 →
dateOfDeath	1895-11-19 →
designed	Central Park Greensward Plan →
employer	Andrew Jackson Downing →
familyName	Vaux →
fieldOfWork	architecture → landscape architecture → urban park design →
genre	picturesque landscape design →
givenName	Calvert →
influencedBy	Andrew Jackson Downing →
movement	Romanticism in landscape design →
name	Calvert Vaux →
notableWork	American Museum of Natural History (original buildings) → Belvedere Castle → Bethesda Terrace → Bow Bridge (Central Park) → Buffalo park and parkway system → Central Park → Jefferson Market Courthouse → Metropolitan Museum of Art (original building in Central Park) → Morningside Park → Olana (Frederic Church House, landscape collaboration) → Prospect Park → Riverside Park (Manhattan) → The Mall in Central Park → The Ramble (Central Park) →
occupation	architect → landscape architect → park designer →
placeOfBirth	London →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
residence	New York City →
workedOn	New York City park system → Washington, D.C. Mall improvement proposals →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bethesda Terrace → Bow Bridge → Bow Bridge (Central Park) → Central Park → Central Park → Delaware Park–Front Park System → Downing Park → Fort Greene Park → Front Park → Humboldt Parkway → Lake at Front Park → Prospect Park → The Pond (Central Park) → The Ramble (Central Park) →	designer
Buffalo park and parkway system → Harlem Meer → Jackson Park → Morningside Park → Riverside Park (Manhattan) → The Lake (Central Park) → The Mall and Literary Walk →	designedBy
Bethesda Terrace → Delaware Park → Metropolitan Museum of Art → The Ramble (Central Park) →	architect
Calvert → Vaux →	hasNotableBearer
Bethesda Terrace →	associatedWith
Frederick Law Olmsted →	coDesignerWith
Jacob Wrey Mould →	collaboratedWith
The Parade →	creator
American Museum of Natural History →	hasArchitect
Newburgh, New York →	hasArchitecturalWorkBy
Calvert →	hasNameBearer
Andrew Jackson Downing →	influenced
Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane →	landscapeArchitect
Calvert Vaux →	name