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Favorite Parks Designed by Olmsted

Birkenhead Park, England

birkenhead park

While not one of Olmsted's designs, Birkenhead Park outside Liverpool, England, one of the first publicly funded civic parks in the world, inspired the architect to design a similar space in New York City. Ron Thomas

From: Olmsted “Paints With Lakes” | Summer 2023, Volume: 68, No: 4

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