New Release: City Escape
In 1873, architects Frederick Olmsted and Calvert Vaux completed perhaps the most ambitious public works project in history. An elaborate labrynth of interconnected pathways, tunnels, charming ponds, tree-lined malls and expansive fields, Olmsted and Vaux designed this 843 acre wilderness space to give working class New Yorkers a desperately needed escape from the pressures of [...]