Landscape:
Not only was the original Thomas Crane Library built by the most famous architect of the time, its grounds were designed by the most famous landscaper of the time-Frederick Law Olmsted.
“I agree that the scraggly elm in the southwest corner of the Library Grounds should be cut out,” writes Olmsted’s Brookline firm in a 1913 [...]
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Posted in The Landscape, tagged American landscape architects, Emerald Necklace, Frederick Law Olsted, H.H. Richardson, Mary Smith, Quincy MA, Thomas Crane Public Library on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
