The olmsteds conservation legacy over the last 20 months, we have felt mighty grateful to Frederick Law Olmsted, whose urban parks have made our lives livable. And today we look forward to exploring a relatively little known aspect of the olmsteds. They are Critical Role in the creation of Americas National parks. This simple film is part of olmstead 200, the national and local celebration throughout 2022 of the bicentennial of the birth of frederick law, olmstead, visionary reformer and founder of the profession of Landscape Architecture, the National Association for Olmstead Parks is pleased to sponsor this program and honored to be the managing partner of the bicentennial. Working with nine other Stellar National partners, we invite everyone to join us. We have a national website. Olmstead 200. Borg. And a National Calendar of events. We have a monthly newsletter and a lively blog. We have also released a special online exhibit, frederick law olmstead landscapes for the public good
And today we look forward to exploring a relatively little known aspect of the olmsteds. They are Critical Role in the creation of Americas National parks. This simple film is part of olmstead 200, the national and local celebration throughout 2022 of the bicentennial of the birth of frederick law, olmstead, visionary reformer and founder of the profession of Landscape Architecture, the National Association for Olmstead Parks is pleased to sponsor this program and honored to be the managing partner of the bicentennial. Working with nine other Stellar National partners, we invite everyone to join us. We have a national website. Olmstead 200. Borg. And a National Calendar of events. We have a monthly newsletter and a lively blog. We have also released a special online exhibit, frederick law olmstead landscapes for the public good in partnership with the oak Spring Garden foundation. You can see some of the extraordinary panels today here in this room. This program is just one of hundreds
And i came right here, to the physical, mental and symbolic border between east and west during the civil war, the former green line. My journey in beirut starts here. Where does one even begin to discuss the urban challenges facing the ancient city of beirut . Even though the civil war ended nearly 30 years ago, its repercussions have left permanent scars on the city. The bloody conflict that plagued lebanon from 1975 to 1990 killed some 145,000 people, severely injured more than 100 000 and displaced over a million. It essentially brought the country to its knees. The power struggles that led to the war are deeply rooted in complex and everchanging alliances. Its not simply a sectarian conflict. Regardless of the cause, citizens were held hostage as bombings and bullet fromnipers wreaked havoc across lebanon. Beirut took centre stage, acting as a dividing line between muslims and christians. Even though the city was able to rise up and reestablish itself as a thriving capital, its di
I knew i had to be as close to my brother as i could possibly be. I am sure that pull is part of it. You have a daughter and stepson as well . I have 1 daughter and 1 stepson who i am close to. Has this changed how you are around them as well . Absolutely. My daughter casey has a half brother she is very close to. I say to all of them, you are a team. You have each other through life. You are a team. You do a lot of things together as the 2 families, very, very close. This seems like a good moment to open up any question that is you all may want to ask about the writing process, about siblings, anything else. Is there something you could read to us from the book that you would feel that we wouldnt understand unless you read it . You have any ideas . It is a real sort of testish. She has put it together like a quilt. I would say the scene that you described where you are arriving and first see him in the apple orchard, do you remember exactly where that is . Ill page through it and see
Let me tell you about the project and a lot about San Francisco and by the end of this, youre going to feel like you have been buried about the new deal. I am only scratching the surface. I havent even gotten through it. Its terrific. I recommend that is supplementary reading. Homework assignment that you have to do that. I am going to tell you about the living new deal project and a lot of stuff that got done in San Francisco and various other places as well, too. We have to really learn from the last Great Depression. Because, in fact, we might be having another one soon. The Great Depression was photo. The Farm Security division which turned good photographers into great ones. Berkeley photographer dorothy alang. These give you an idea of just how apalling bad the great reh depression was. The best we have, as well as movies, its difficult to million how it was. We tend to look back through the safety net, which was created by the new deal. It was very difficult for young people to