OLMSTEDNOW

You have likely encountered the legacy of more than 5,000 projects that Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (April 26, 1822 - August 28, 1903), his sons, mentees and successors in his Brookline firm designed across 45 states and several countries. Olmsted created the field known as "landscape architecture," a discipline that continues to shape how people experience and participate in the shared places of cities... Diverse perspectives strengthen focus. Olmsted valued thinking across professional disciplines and lived experiences. Olmsted Now is likewise a product of multiple voices. It is a platform to prioritize people, process and partnership over the production of big projects. All outreach, internal planning decisions and external programming is guided by an equity agenda that explicitly centers those best positioned to assess and lead impact in communities: neighborhood youth, elders, activists, artists and others who have been shut out from positions of power... Parks and public places..