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A New Philanthropic Threshold -- The Significance of Central Park's Gift

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 01.01.2013 | New York
Read More: Philanthropy, Urban Planning, Brooklyn, Central Park, Parks, Public-Private Partnerships, Buffalo New York, Pittsburgh, Prospect Park, Central Park Conservancy, Calvert Vaux, New York News
Charles A. Birnbaum

Philanthropy and public-private partnerships should not be faulted but encouraged, especially following Hurricane Sandy's damage to the parks when it's most needed.

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The Big Task of Managing Nature at New York's Central Park

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 11.12.2012 | Arts
Read More: Restoration, Horticulture, Calvert Vaux, Urban Planning, Central Park, New York Botanical Garden, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Historic Designed Landscapes, Woodlands, Presidio San Francisco, Frederick Law Olmsted, Prospect Park, Central Park Conservancy, New York City, Arts News
Charles A. Birnbaum

I know that it may come as a shock to some, but New York's Central Park is not an act of God. It might seem that way, especially in the woodlands, which appear so authentically, well, natural.

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To Be Real... You've Got to Be Real

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 12.07.2011 | Arts
Read More: 9/11 Memorial, Survivors' Staircase, Calvert Vaux, Samuel Parsons, Central Park, Architecture, Jr., Authenticity, Landscape Architecture, Sr., Frederick Law Olmsted, Hamilton Grange National Memorial, Arts News
Charles A. Birnbaum

Two new sites in New York -- the 9/11 Memorial and the newly relocated home of Alexander Hamilton -- definitely raise questions about authenticity in the context of how we may manage a landscape's transformation.

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Lessons From Brooklyn for the LADOT

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Jaime De La Vega, Complete Streets, Michael Bloomberg, Nycdot, Brooklyn, West LA, Bundy Triangle Park, Los Angeles, Frederick Law Olmsted, Prospect Park, Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza, Ladot, Public Space, Calvert Vaux, Bill Rosendahl, Iris Weinshall, Marty Markowitz, Bike Lanes, New York News
Joel Epstein

New York under Bloomberg and his DOT is remaking itself into a city known for its parks, open space and complete streets philosophy that recognizes the role the roads play for drivers, buses, pedestrians and bikers.

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The Genius of Design -- Frederick Law Olmsted

Geri Spieler | Posted 08.05.2011 | Books
Read More: Golden Gate Park, Central Park, Calvert Vaux, Landscaping, Design, Landscape Architecture, Niagara Falls State Reserve, Justin Martin, Stanford University, Frederick Law Olmsted, San Francisco, New York, Gardens, Books News
Geri Spieler

The gift of artistic vision on the large stage of life is rare. When witnessed it is so overwhelming few can appreciate its impact for years to come.

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The Value of View

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Landscape Design, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Frederic Edwin Church, Calvert Vaux, Sr., Frederick Law Olmsted, Viewshed, Olana, Arts News
Charles A. Birnbaum

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A Sad Anniversary: John Lennon's Assassination

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Alan Ginsberg, Canadian Rhadha Krishna Temple, Central Park, Canada, Paris, Tommy Smothers, Calvert Vaux, Bed-in 1969, Woodstock, Charles DeGaulle Resigning, Give Peace a Chance, The International Herald Tribune, Candlelit Vigil, Yoko Ono, Marihuana, March on Washington, Bob Dylan, Norman Mailer, Strawberry Fields, Petula Clark, Dick Gregory, Neil Armstrong, Timothy Leary, Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Montreal, Mont Royal Park, John Lennon, Frederick Law Olmstead, Biafra, Charles Manson, Chappaquiddick, Imagine, Paul MacCarthy, Marijuana, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

I was recently in Montreal at Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where John and Yoko bedded down.

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