Olmsted,+Public+Parks+and+the+Enlargement+of+Towns

//American Social Science Association Address// Boston, 1870
 * "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns"**

**Fredrick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)** Olmstead originated the urban parks movement, as well as laid out many public and private institutions. His most famous work is Central Park in New York, and other notable designs include the Boston park System, the Capitol grounds in Washington DS, and the 1893 World’s Fair, to name a few.

Olmsted felt that cities were rather dirty and chaotic place that would only keep growing and expanding. He felt that parks were a necessary counterbalance within the city. He wanted them to be a place of beauty, tranquility, and transformation. He felt that they should be an intellectual place, not a place of mindless amusement and play.
 * Main Argument**

. A park well managed near a large town would become the new center of that town. . Parks should not be noisy and rarely be crowded. . No part of town should be more than a few minutes walk away from a section of the park.
 * Other Ideas in the Article**

Not too long
 * Comments**

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