Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
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Olmsted, Vaux & Co. was the 19th-century landscape architecture firm formed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Olmsted, Vaux & Co. canonical | 2 |
| Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T843129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Context triple: [Frederick Law Olmsted, founded, Olmsted, Vaux & Co.]
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McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for its Beaux-Arts and neoclassical designs that shaped many landmark public and institutional buildings.
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Edward Durell Stone & Associates
Edward Durell Stone & Associates was the architectural firm founded by prominent American modernist architect Edward Durell Stone, known for designing notable mid-20th-century buildings in the United States and abroad.
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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Associates
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Associates was an architectural firm known for carrying forward and executing the innovative designs of architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, particularly in major civic and institutional projects.
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Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.
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Calvert Vaux
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Target entity description: Olmsted, Vaux & Co. was the 19th-century landscape architecture firm formed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park.
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A.
McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for its Beaux-Arts and neoclassical designs that shaped many landmark public and institutional buildings.
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B.
Edward Durell Stone & Associates
Edward Durell Stone & Associates was the architectural firm founded by prominent American modernist architect Edward Durell Stone, known for designing notable mid-20th-century buildings in the United States and abroad.
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C.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Associates
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Associates was an architectural firm known for carrying forward and executing the innovative designs of architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, particularly in major civic and institutional projects.
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D.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.
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E.
Calvert Vaux
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landscape architecture firm
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partnership ⓘ |
| activeInCity |
Brooklyn
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Buffalo ⓘ Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago region
New York City ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Calvert Vaux
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Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | New York City government ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| designed |
Buffalo park and parkway system
ⓘ
Central Park ⓘ
surface form:
Central Park, New York City
Prospect Park ⓘ
surface form:
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Riverside, Illinois suburban plan ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| field |
landscape architecture
ⓘ
urban park design ⓘ |
| founder |
Calvert Vaux
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Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ |
| hasPartner |
Calvert Vaux
ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ |
| industry |
architecture
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design ⓘ landscape design ⓘ |
| influenced | development of American urban parks ⓘ |
| influencedBy | English landscape garden tradition ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Calvert Vaux
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Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of major urban parks
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integration of scenery, circulation, and recreation in park design ⓘ picturesque landscape style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brooklyn, New York park system
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Buffalo park and parkway system ⓘ Central Park ⓘ Fort Greene Park improvements ⓘ Morningside Park ⓘ Prospect Park ⓘ Riverside, Illinois town plan ⓘ
surface form:
Riverside, Illinois plan
The Mall and Literary Walk ⓘ
surface form:
The Mall and Literary Walk (Central Park)
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| operatedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| partOf | American landscape architecture history ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Description of subject: Olmsted, Vaux & Co. was the 19th-century landscape architecture firm formed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot