Description:
In 1883, Frederick Law Olmsted moved his home and office from New York City to the Boston suburb of Brookline. There, collaborating with leading lights of architecture and horticulture, the firm carefully guided development of the town, using it as a laboratory for the new profession of planning, a field Olmsted Jr. was helping to define. This richly illustrated book offers important new perspective on the history of planning and the Olmsted office.