A Breath of Fresh Air: How One Man Transformed America's Public Spaces

Frederick Law Olmsted foresaw the need for the American working class to find respite from the hustle and bustle of what were then gritty, smoke-filled cities. Now, 200 years after his birth, he is celebrated for developing New York’s iconic Central Park and some 500 landscape design projects across the nation.

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