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From Indolence to Immortality: A Map of Olmsted’s Career
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century , by Witold Rybczynski. Scribner, 480 pages, $28. Plagued by political infighting and haphazard design, the chronically...
View ArticleQueensWay: New York City’s Most Controversial Potential Park
Just imagine the yam fufu! Parks: what’s there not to dislike? A group of parks activists in Queens have been pushing “QueensWay,” a linear park that would be built atop the old Rockaway Beach Branch...
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