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October 28, 2022

Foundation reports Seattle's Olmsted parks system at risk

By JOURNAL STAFF

Photo by Scott Smithson, courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation [enlarge]
Olmsted-designed Lake Washington Boulevard, pictured in 2021.

This week, The Cultural Landscape Foundation released its annual thematic report, which details North American landscapes and green spaces it deems threatened and at risk. This year's report focuses on 12 sites designed by Fredrick Olmsted Sr. (1822-1903), who is widely recognized as the father of landscape architecture, and his successor firms.


 
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