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21st Century Parks is a Louisville based organization that is building a 4,000 acre addition to Louisville's public park system, resuscitating Olmsted’s idea of building parks ahead of the growth of the city. The plan is that over the next 100 years the city will expand around an intentional, integrated park system, one that follows Olmsted's design principles.
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Clip Season 1 Episode 1 Length 03:24 Premiere: 06/19/14

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

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Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

Known as the father of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted made public parks an essential part of American life. He co-designed Central Park, designed the U.S. Capitol Grounds and created park systems in many U.S. cities, including Louisville, Kentucky. His efforts to preserve nature helped shape an "environmental ethic" decades before the modern environmental movement.

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