奧姆斯德 (Frederick Law Olmsted) 生於1822年4月26日

奧姆斯德與卡佛特‧法克斯 (Calvert Vaux) 在新公園的構思中有一場激烈的角力賽，後來奧姆斯德的設計雀屏中選，因為他所設計的花園中、融合了自然景觀與豐富的世界美景。為了建造新的公園，他們運用了五百萬立方碼的泥土，還用260噸的火藥炸開許多大石頭，種植了27萬棵的樹與灌木。到了1864年，紐約市的居民已經可以在樹木繁茂的公園小徑上漫步，在湖中划著小船，或者是在露天看台上看風景。現在，人們更是已經無法想像紐約市若沒有「中央公園」會是什麼樣子了。


Olmsted and Calvert Vaux entered a design contest for a new park and won with a design patterned after gardens and natural sights that Olmsted had admired around the world. To create the new park, they shifted nearly 5 million cubic yards of dirt, blasted rock with 260 tons of gunpowder, and planted 270,000 trees and shrubs. In 1864, New Yorkers could stroll along wooded paths, paddle a boat around the lake, or people-watch from terraces. Today, many people cannot imagine New York City without its Central Park.

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