Experiencing Omstead

Experiencing Olmsted is more than a history book. It’s a visual and narrative record of over 200 landscapes designed or influenced by Frederick Law Olmsted and his firm. The sites include parks, parkways, college campuses, and other public places that are still in use. Charles Birnbaum and the Cultural Landscape Foundation have brought together photography, maps, and essays that connect past with present. If you care about public space, or you’ve ever walked through a park and wondered who shaped it, this book answers that.