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.

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instanceOf landscape architecture firm
partnership
activeInCity Brooklyn NERFINISHED
Buffalo NERFINISHED
Chicago region NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
associatedWith Calvert Vaux NERFINISHED
Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED
basedIn New York City
collaboratedWith New York City government
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designed Buffalo park and parkway system NERFINISHED
Central Park, New York City NERFINISHED
Prospect Park, Brooklyn NERFINISHED
Riverside, Illinois suburban plan
era Victorian era
field landscape architecture
urban park design
founder Calvert Vaux NERFINISHED
Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED
hasPartner Calvert Vaux NERFINISHED
Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED
industry architecture
design
landscape design
influenced development of American urban parks
influencedBy English landscape garden tradition
namedAfter Calvert Vaux NERFINISHED
Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED
notableFor design of major urban parks
integration of scenery, circulation, and recreation in park design
picturesque landscape style
notableWork Brooklyn, New York park system
Buffalo park and parkway system
Central Park
Fort Greene Park improvements
Morningside Park NERFINISHED
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)
operatedIn 19th century
partOf American landscape architecture history

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Porter Avenue associatedWith Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
Frederick Law Olmsted founded Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
Frederick Law Olmsted founded Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
this entity surface form: Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot