To: Borges
#49 Fredrick Law Olmstead? I had to google his name to find out he was a landscaper! I'm sure he did good work but top 100 influential persons.
83 posted on
11/22/2006 8:24:15 AM PST by
wordsofearnest
(Zachary Taylor s/h finished the job.)
To: wordsofearnest
I'm sure he did good work but top 100 influential persons Without Oldstead landscape designs would not be important. Shrubs, trees, lawns etc. would not fill suburban yards, major parks would not have the design qualities well known in the country. Barren, undecorated lots, and parks which are merely woods and fields in the state of nature would make living in the U.S. very different.
181 posted on
11/22/2006 10:00:50 AM PST by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(I went down in 1964 for Barry Goldwater with all flags flying! This is just a blip!)
To: wordsofearnest
Part of his "good work" was an 800-odd-acre tract on Manhattan Island now known as Central Park, which arguably had an effect on a century's worth of property values, not to mention shaping the local frame of reference (both geographic and social) for a few million inhabitants over the years.
That said, I'd put him at about 70 on the list, give or take.
273 posted on
11/23/2006 3:29:32 PM PST by
Tenniel
(For those who govern, the first thing required is indifference to newspapers. -- L.A. Thiers)
To: wordsofearnest
Olmsted designed Central Park, among others, and was a giant of his time, in his field, and revolutionized it. He deserves his place.
303 posted on
11/24/2006 2:45:01 PM PST by
Torie
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