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.

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Label	Occurrences
Calvert Vaux canonical	69

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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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Romanticism in landscape design
name	Calvert Vaux self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Museum of Art (original building in Central Park) Morningside Park ⓘ Olana State Historic Site ⓘ surface form: Olana (Frederic Church House, landscape collaboration) Prospect Park ⓘ Riverside Park (Manhattan) ⓘ Central Park ⓘ surface form: The Mall in Central Park The Ramble (Central Park) ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ landscape architect ⓘ park designer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
workedOn	New York City park system ⓘ Washington, D.C. Mall improvement proposals ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

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Metropolitan Museum of Art → architect → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Calvert Vaux → name → Calvert Vaux self-link ⓘ

Central Park → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Buffalo park and parkway system → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Newburgh, New York → hasArchitecturalWorkBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Jacob Wrey Mould → collaboratedWith → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Frederick Law Olmsted → coDesignerWith → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Andrew Jackson Downing → influenced → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Prospect Park → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Riverside Park (Manhattan) → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Morningside Park → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Bethesda Terrace → architect → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Bethesda Terrace → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Bethesda Terrace → associatedWith → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

The Ramble (Central Park) → architect → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

The Ramble (Central Park) → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Vaux → hasNotableBearer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Vaux → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

subject surface form: Central Park

Bow Bridge (Central Park) → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

The Mall and Literary Walk → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

The Pond → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

subject surface form: The Pond (Central Park)

Harlem Meer → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

The Lake → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

subject surface form: The Lake (Central Park)

Bow Bridge → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Calvert → hasNotableBearer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Calvert → hasNameBearer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Delaware Park → architect → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

subject surface form: Fort Greene Park

The Parade → creator → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Front Park → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Lake at Front Park → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Delaware Park–Front Park System → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

American Museum of Natural History → hasArchitect → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Jackson Park → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane → landscapeArchitect → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Humboldt Parkway → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Downing Park → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Riverside, Illinois town plan → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Olmsted, Vaux & Co. → founder → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Olmsted, Vaux & Co. → namedAfter → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Olmsted, Vaux & Co. → associatedWith → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Olmsted, Vaux & Co. → hasPartner → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Chapin Parkway → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Bethesda Terrace, Central Park → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

subject surface form: Bethesda Terrace

American Romanticism in landscape design → hasNotableProponent → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Prospect Park Lake → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Jefferson Market Library → architect → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Grand Army Plaza → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Greensward Plan → designer → Calvert Vaux ⓘ

Bethesda Arcade → designedBy → Calvert Vaux ⓘ