Comments on: Of Frederick Law Olmsted, Mr. Brown, and Mexican Coca-Cola http://madronoranch.com/?p=313 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 11:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Heather and Martin http://madronoranch.com/?p=313#comment-57 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:38:40 +0000 http://madronoranch.com/?p=313#comment-57 Liz: You may be absolutely right about Prospect Park, but I definitely don't have a horse in that race, as they say. I deliberately avoided calling Central Park Olmsted's "top accomplishment," however; I said it was his "best-known creation."

]]> By: CraftMafia http://madronoranch.com/?p=313#comment-56 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:52:30 +0000 http://madronoranch.com/?p=313#comment-56 I'd like to disagree with the designation of Central Park as Olmstead's top accomplishment. As a Brooklynite, I believe his masterpiece was Prospect Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_Park_%28Brooklyn%29

]]> By: Tinky http://madronoranch.com/?p=313#comment-55 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:29:03 +0000 http://madronoranch.com/?p=313#comment-55 I don't blame you for screaming! I love the juxtaposition of these themes. And I had no idea Olmsted had a Texas connection!

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