An unmistakable irony creeps vinelike through Olmsted’s landscape theory: It takes a lot of artifice to create convincing “natural” scenery. Everything in Central Park is man-made; the same is true of most of Olmsted’s designs. They are not imitations of nature so much as idealizations, like the landscape paintings of the Hudson River School. Each Olmsted creation was the product of painstaking sleight of hand, requiring enormous amounts of labor and expense. — The Atlantic
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I did not know that everything in Central Park is man-made..Impressive..
good article. Its a real shame that FLO wouldn't be permitted to practice by today's standards being that he was self taught and dropped out of school at 15. He opposed formal training and would be rolling in his grave if he saw how the ASLA inaccurately pimps his legacy to prop up their racket.
AFIAK most jurisdictions allow you to register as a landscape architect after X years of professional practice.
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