{"title":"Books - Landscaping","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"eat-play-love-life-lessons-from-my-dog-copy","title":"Experiencing Olmsted: The Enduring Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted's North American Landscapes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"limit-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-description line-height-3\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info__description mb-50\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wysiwyg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21331508 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrederick Law Olmsted is the father of American landscape architecture. His firm, along with its successor firms, worked throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to shape some of our most beloved green spaces, including national, state, and city parks, suburban neighborhoods, and academic campuses. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is most famous for creating New York’s Central and Prospect Parks, Stanford University’s campus, and the Capitol Grounds. What is less known and surprising about his legacy is that he worked widely across North America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy highlighting 200 iconic landscapes, many of which remain open to the public today, Experiencing Olmsted offers a fresh perspective on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the firm’s work and philosophy. It highlights not only grand city parks, but also other public venues that have emerged from a desire for social equity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOlmsted was an early advocate for parks as democratic spaces that could be accessed on foot by a large percentage of any city’s population. He viewed parks as restorative places—what he termed “the lungs of a city.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrimming with contemporary and archival photography as well as original drawings and plans, this truly remarkable record brings these places to vivid life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Commonground","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51006869504282,"sku":"9375","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1206\/6884\/files\/a_7a5c2318-db75-4460-8669-d362e3ef2032.jpg?v=1756405446"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.barbarastewartinteriors.com\/collections\/books-landscaping\/landscape-architecture.oembed","provider":"Barbara Stewart Interiors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}