Parks Conversation: An Evening with the Olmsteds
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Channel: Portland Art Museum · 2014 · Education
Laurence Cotton, principal researcher of the PBS documentary "Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America", joins parks historians Henry Kunowski and William Hawkins for a discussion of the park planning work of Frederick Law Olmsted and his stepson John Charles Olmsted, and the Olmsteds' lasting impact on Portland. Recorded July 9, 2014, at the Portland Art Museum, as part of the discussion series "Force of Nature: Portland's Parks, Past, Present, and Future" in celebration of "The Art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden" (on view June 14 - September 21, 2014, at the Museum).
