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Our Projects
This selected project list is organized into headings, demonstrating the range of Heritage Landscapes expertise in planning, implementation, management, maintenance and interpretation of varied cultural landscapes.
In this listing the project name is followed by the original design professionals and/or development period. In order to avoid repetition and the role of Heritage Landscapes is assumed as project leader with subconsultants credited. When we serve as preservation landscape architects the project lead is listed and our role noted. Projects are arranged with current work first in reverse chronological order by topic.
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
Ardmore Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN; Wildwood Park, Arthur Shurcliff 1916; Review of Engineer's Report For Roadway Improvements to Ardmore Avenue, with Wilbur Smith Associates, 2005; for Wildwood Park Community Association.
Hopewell Township, NJ ; Design Guidelines: A Guide for Maintaining and Rehabilitating Historic Buildings and Landscapes; Guidelines for Historic Landscapes, 2005; lead Preservation Design Partnership; for Historic Preservation Commission, Township of Hopewell, award-winning project.
Riverside, IL, Olmsted, Vaux & Company Landscape Architects, 1869; Riverside Landscape Architecture District National Historic Landmark Amendment with Charles E. Beveridge PhD., historian, 2003; for Village of Riverside .
Mount Zion Historic Neighborhood, Somers, NY, 1730s; Mount Zion Historic Neighborhood Cultural Landscape Report & Preservation Recommendations, 2003; Mount Zion Neighborhood Preservation Assessment, 1999; for Town of Somers and Somers Historical Society.
Llewellyn Park, West Orange, NJ, A.J. Davis and Llewellyn Haskell, Howard Daniels, Eugene Baumann, 1850s; Llewellyn Park Rambles Historic Landscape Report & Comprehensive Plan, 2001; Rehabilitation Plan for the Greeting and the Social Circle, 2000; for Llewellyn Park Ladies Association and Committee of Managers.
Greenmanville Streetscape at the Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT, Route 27; Greenmanville Corridor Streetscape Design and Construction Documents, parallel to CA Engineers, 1999; for the Mystic Seaport Museum, Town of Stonington, 1997, $1.8 million construction, ISTEA funding.
Camp Dudley Road Historic District, Westport, NY ; Camp Dudley Road Historic Landscape Assessment, and testimony, 1994; for the Camp Dudley Road Association.
Borden Properties: Home Farm & Condensary, John Gail Borden, 1887-1930s; Borden Properties Historic Landscape Report, Part I: History & Field Research, 1992; Rural Landscape & Preservation Approach, 1992; Technical Assistance, 1990; for Shawangunk, Preservation League of NYS, Shawangunk and Gardiner Historical Society, funded by Open Space Coalition, NYS Council on the Arts.
Cheney Brothers National Register Landmark District, Town of Manchester, CT; Great Lawn Zoning Regulation & Historic Preservation Recommendations, 1990; for the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
Town of Guilford, Master Plan, Guilford, CT, Preservation and Scenic Conservation; with F.P. Clark Associates traffic and environmental, 1986; for Guilford Preservation Alliance, award-winning project.
BOTANICAL GARDENS & ARBORETA
Morris County Parks, Morris County, NJ, Bamboo Brook, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Willowwood Arboretum, Horticultural Strategic Facilities Master Plan, with team of subconsultants, ETM Associates, Phillip Gruszka, Charles Gleaves, Margaret Falk and Keith Bowers, 2006, for Morris County Park Commission.
New York Botanical Garden, 19 th century Lorillard property, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Director, 1896-1929, John R. Brinley, Landscape Architect & Engineer, 1895-1931, NYBG Landscape History, Part 2, 2006; Historic Landscape Research Part 1, 2003, for New York Botanical Garden, Getty Conservation Grant, NYSCA Preserve New York grant, private funding.
Druid Hill Conservatory & Greenhouses, Baltimore, MD, Howard Daniels, 1860, Olmsted Brothers, 1910s; team leader for Druid Hill Conservatory & Greenhouses Interior Rehabilitation, with Sidhu Associates, Kann Associates and Carroll Engineering, 2003 for Baltimore Public Works.
Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, South Park, Buffalo, NY, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, 1894-1896; landscape preservation consultant for Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens Master Plan, lead Flynn Battaglia, 2001; for Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens Society.
CAMPUSES & PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Virginia Capitol and Capitol Square, Thomas Jefferson, Architect, 1782, Landscape Design by Godefroy 1818, Notman 1850, Browne, 1906; landscape preservation consultant for Restoration, Rehabilitation and Extension of Virginia Capitol & Capitol Square Schematic Design through Construction, lead Hillier Architecture Design Studio, 2006; for DGS, Commonwealth of Virginia.
St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC; Government Hospital for the Insane, Thomas U. Walter and Charles H. Nichols 1852-1877; Building, Landscape & Archeological Assessment Study for the Saint Elizabeths Hospital West Campus: Landscape Assessment Plan; team lead Farewell, Mills & Gatsch Architects, LLC with Hunter Research and Hanscomb Inc; 2005; for General Services Administration.
Camden Public Library, Camden Amphitheater and Harbor Park, Camden, ME, Fletcher Steele, 1928-1931, Olmsted Brothers, 1930-1935; Camden Amphitheater Restoration & Harbor Park Rehabilitation, 2004; Consultation to build community consensus, for the Independent Commission on the Camden Library Grounds, 2002; Library Grounds and Meadow construction documents, 1999; Atlantic Avenue construction with Coffin Engineers, 1998; Historic Landscape Report, Preservation Treatment Plan with Robin Karson and Charles E. Beveridge, PhD., landscape historians, 1997; for Camden Public Library Board.
Bronx Community College, former New York University, McKim Mead & White Historic Complex, 1890s, Calvert Vaux and Olmsted Brothers, BCC Historic Core Cultural Landscape Report and conservation recommendations, Getty Historic Campus Conservation Grant 2005 for Bronx Community College, CUNY.
Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, DC, Roberts Woods and Mildred Bliss, Landscape Architects Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1921-1944, Ruth Havey, Robert Patterson, Alden Hopkins, Ralph Griswold, Robert Zion, 1944 to 1966; landscape preservation consultant for Landscape Preservation Review of Proposed Research Library and Gardeners Court, lead Venturi Scott Brown Architects, James Urban, landscape architect, 2002-2003; West Campus Master Plan, lead Hartman Cox Architects, 2001; lead for Dumbarton Oaks Cultural Landscape Report Part I, with Lampl Associates, 2001; and Dumbarton Oaks Partial CLR Part II, 2001; for the Trustees of Harvard University;
Historic St. Mary's City, MD; team with Graham Landscape Architecture, working parallel to American History Workshop, Outdoor Museum Planning and Interpretive Development, 1994; for Historic St. Mary's City.
MUSEUMS AT FORMER ESTATES
Graycliff, Darwin & Isabel Martin Family Summer Retreat, Derby, New York, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1927-1930, Ellen Biddle Shipman, 1929-1930, Graycliff Cultural Landscape Report, 2006, for the Graycliff Conservancy.
Bamboo Brook, formerly Merchiston Farm, Morristown, NJ, Martha Brooks Hutcheson, 1911-1959; Phase 2 Restoration of Hutcheson Pools & Stream, 2006; Phase 1 Restoration of Coffee Terrace, Walks, Walls & Gardens, 2004; Bamboo Brook Historic Landscape Report, Treatment & Maintenance Plan, 2000; for Morris County Parks Commission, award-winning project.
Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT, Dr. Seward and Eliza Vanderbilt Webb, 1887-1936, F.L.& J.C. Olmsted Landscape Architects, 1886-1889; Shelburne Farms Garden & Inn Comprehensive Plan, 2006; Breeding Barn Complex Conservation Study, Getty Funded, with SAS Architects, 2004; Shelburne Farms Landscape Stewardship Plan, 2003; Rehabilitation of Coach Barn drives, 2002; support for Long Range Plan Update, 2001; IMLS Conservation Survey, Cultural Landscape, 2000; part of National Historic Landmark nomination for Shelburne Farms, 2000, award-winning project.
Marshlands, Rye, NY, Jay family property, 1745-1891; Marshlands/Jay Property Cultural Landscape Report, Marshlands Conservancy and Jay Heritage Center, 2004; for Westchester County Parks, Conservation & Recreation, award-winning project.
Sunnyside, Tarrytown, NY, Washington Irving, 1835-1859; Sunnyside Landscape Rehabilitation Planning, 2003; Sunnyside Landscape Master Plan, 2001; for Historic Hudson Valley .
Oldfields, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, Olmsted Brothers, Percival Gallagher 1920-1927; Lilly House Landscape Rehabilitation, 2002 parallel to Hillier Architecture for Lily House; Perimeter Brick Wall Reconstruction, 2000; Ravine Garden Restoration & Hillside Rambles Rehabilitation and fund-raising package, 1998; Oldfields Plan, with HKP Landscape Architects and Bradley Brooks, 1998; Sculpture and Horticulture Study, with Jonathan Fairbanks, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1997; Woodstock Drive Olmsted design consultation with Horticulture staff, 1996; for Indianapolis Museum of Art, award-winning project.
Tudor Place, Georgetown, Washington, DC, Peter family property, 1800-1970s; Tudor Place Master Plan, 2002; Tudor Place Cultural Landscape Report History and Period Plans; parallel architectural history William Chambers, Orlando Ridout III, 2002; for the Tudor Place Foundation.
Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, MD, 1650-1947; landscape preservation consultant for Manor House Project implementation, Sotterley Master Plan & Future Use Plan, author Sotterley Cultural Landscape Report, lead Ann Beha Associates, Architects, Boston, MA, landscape preservation consultant, 2000; for The Sotterley Foundation.
John Hay Estate, Newbury, NH; landscape preservation consultant for Renovations to Hay House and Gatehouse, lead Hillier Architecture, Philadelphia, PA, landscape preservation consultant, 2000; for US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC, F.L & J.C. Olmsted Landscape Architects, 1890s; landscape preservation consultant for Inn at Biltmore design and construction lead TVS Architects, Design Workshop, Inc., with Charles E. Beveridge, PhD., 1999; for The Biltmore Company, Inc.
Kingwood, Mansfield, OH, Estate garden design Pitkin & Mott, 1926; Kingwood Formal Garden Preservation Plan, 2002; Design, construction details, ADA Garden Access and Viewing Path, 2000; landscape critique and design with horticulture staff, 1999; for Kingwood Center .
Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans, LA, property of Edith and Edgar Stern, Ellen Biddle Shipman, Landscape Architect, Caroline Dormon, native Plant Specialist 1936-1949; Wild Garden Rehabilitation; 1998; Tree Preservation Guidelines, 1997; Longue Vue Historic Landscape Report, 1997 with Neil Odenwald, PhD. and Robin Karson; for Longue Vue Foundation and Waggonner & Ball Architects.
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, NY, Dr. David Hosack and Andr é Parmentier, 1828-1832, and subsequent owners; VMNHS Cultural Landscape Report Part II: Landscape Preservation Treatment, 1994; VMNHS Cultural Landscape Report Part I: Site History, Existing Conditions, Analysis, 1992; with Cynthia Zaitzevsky, PhD, historian; for the NPS North Atlantic Region and NPR ROVA, award-winning project.
Gracie Mansion, Manhattan, NY, Archibald Gracie, c 1780-1820; historic plant materials consultant for Renovation of the Gracie Mansion Perimeter Wall and Landscape, lead Philip N. Winslow, Landscape Architect, 1982; for Gracie Mansion Conservancy.
HISTORIC SITES
Lincoln Cottage, President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Lincoln Residency 1863-64; Visitor Education Center Rehabilitation, landscape preservation consultant, 2006; Lincoln Cottage Historic Landscape Report & Preservation Treatment Plan, lead Hillier Architecture, 2003; for National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Lockwood House Property, Harper's Ferry, WV, Lockwood Property Cultural Landscape Report & Treatment Plan, and Preliminary Design, lead GWWO Architects, 2006; for National Park Service, Harper's Ferry National Historical Park, DSC.
Shaker Mount Lebanon, North Family, Mount Lebanon, NY, Mount Lebanon Shaker Community, 1787 to 1947, National Historic Landmark ; North Family Mount Lebanon Shaker Village Master Plan, landscape preservation consultant, North Family Mount Lebanon Shaker Village Cultural Landscape Report, 2003; lead Cooper Robertson Architects, for Shaker Museum & Library, Old Chatham, NY, funded by Save America's Treasures Grant.
Poplar Forest, Forest, VA, Thomas Jefferson, architect and landscape architect, 1773 to 1823; Phase 1 Implementation Planning: Curtilege, Plantation, Campus & Arrival, 2003; Poplar Forest Historic Landscape Schematic Master Plan, 1999-2000; for The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest, award-winning project.
Village of Southampton public landscape, Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY, Warren Manning, Landscape Architect 1897-1900, Samuel Parrish, Philanthropist, 1897-1932; Village of Southampton Landscape Historic Landscape Report & Preservation Guidelines, 2002; for Village of Southampton, NYSCA/NYS Preservation League, Preserve New York grant funding.
Bush-Holley House, Greenwich, CT; Phases 1, 2, 3 Construction Documents for Restoration & Rehabilitation, Storehouse, Archives, Barn, 2001, parallel to Lorie Jones Architects and Austin Patterson/Michael Glynn, Architects; Bush-Holley Historic Landscape Report, ADA access and town approvals, 1997; for the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich.
Dwight Derby Property, Medfield, MA ; Dwight Derby Property Cultural Landscape Report & Treatment Plan, 1999; for Friends of Dwight Derby House, Town of Medfield, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management.
Zane Grey National Historic Site, Lackawaxen, PA ; Zane Grey Retreat Cultural Landscape Report: Treatment, 1999; landscape preservation consultant for cultural landscape assessment, lead FFMG Architects, 1992; for NPS Philadelphia and Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River .
Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX, Elisabet Ney, Sculptor/Owner, 1890s; Historic Landscape Report: History, Existing Conditions, 1997; partially funded by National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, NJ, 1889-1939; landscape preservation and interpretation consultant, Edison Laboratories and Glenmont, Pre-Design Feasibility Study, lead FFMG Architects, 1997; for NPS Edison National Historic Site.
Lincoln Home, Springfield, IL; Lincoln Home Cultural Landscape Report, Phase 1: History, Existing Conditions, Analysis & Context, with Midwestern and Springfield landscape research, with Gary Meisner, contemporary landscape architecture, Urbana Group, historic research, 1997; for National Park Service Lincoln Home National Historic Site, NPS Midwest Region.
Cornelius Low House, Middlesex County Museum, Middlesex, NJ; Historic Landscape Report & Treatment Plan, lead Ford Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects; 1990; for the Middlesex County Freeholders.
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, San Diego, CA, 1790s; Charette, ASLA Historic Preservation Committee, Patricia M. O'Donnell, principal author, 1990; for ASLA/NPS Symposium, award-winning project.
BATTLEFIELDS & MILITARY SITES
Valley Forge Village, PA; Washington's Headquarters, Schematic Landscape Design for Improved Parking, Access and Partial Cultural Landscape Topography Restoration, 2006, for National Park Service, Valley Forge National Historical Park, DSC.
Yorktown Village, Yorktown Battlefield, and Moore House; Revolutionary War, Civil War, and early Historic Preservation efforts; Cultural Landscape Inventory Reports, 2003; for Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service.
Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan, NY; George Washington's Headquarters, 1765-1790, Colonial Revival Landscape, 1894-1935; Morris Jumel Historic Landscape Report Part 2: Rehabilitation Treatment Plan, Morris Jumel HLR Part 1: History, Existing Conditions & Analysis, 2000; for the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Inc., partial funding from NYS Council on the Arts and NYS Preservation League.
West Point Military Academy, West Point, NY ; Revolutionary War Redoubts and Earthworks Condition Assessment & Recommendations, 1999; for US Army Corps of Engineers, NY.
Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven, MA, Civil War fortification; Fort Phoenix Historic Landscape Research, Existing Condition, Accessible Walkway & Drainage Project, with Site Maintenance Guidelines, 1999; for the Town of Fairhaven Planning Department, MA, DEM Management grant.
Conanicut Battery on Prospect Hill, Jamestown, RI, Revolutionary War Earthworks; Conanicut Battery Vegetation Management Plan, 1999; Conanicut Battery Historic Landscape Report Preservation & Treatment Plan, 1998; for Jamestown Historical Society, Friends of Conanicut Battery, Jamestown Planning, award-winning project.
CEMETERIES
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, 1850s attributions to A.J. Downing, Calvert Vaux, Samuel Parsons; Design for Expanded Mausoleum complex to fit into Historic Cemetery, 2004; for Property Committee, The Evergreens Cemetery.
Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, NY, 1660-present; Rehabilitation of overgrown cemetery, part of Sacred Places initiative, 2002; for New York City Landmarks Commission.
Untermyer Plot, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY, possible design by William Welles Bosworth for Samuel Untermyer, 1920s;assessment of walls, paving, plantings, sculpture, conservation and maintenance recommendations, phase 1 implementation, 1997; for Untermyer heirs.
Lancaster and Woodward Hill Cemeteries, Lancaster, PA, Victorian burying grounds; Lancaster and Woodward Hill Cemeteries Preservation Needs Assessment & Recommendations, with David Schuyler, historian, 1991; for Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County.
SIGNAGE & INTERPRETATION
Pittsburgh Regional Parks, Pittsburgh, PA; 1880s-1950s; Schenley Park Visitor Center Interpretive Interior and Exterior Signs, 2005; Frick Park & Riverview Park Sign Concepts, 2004; Regional Parks Wayfinding and Signage Overall Concept Design and Visitor Maps, 2000; with Kolano Design; for Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.
Cornelius Low House, Middlesex County Museum, Middlesex, NJ; 1740s; Historic House Preservation and Interpretation, lead Ford Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects; as subconsultant performed site planning and design, interpretive art elements and signs, ADA access, and construction; 1996; for the Middlesex County Freeholders.
Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY, George Merritt, Jay Gould, Anna Gould Shepard, Owners, Ferdinand Mangold, Estate Gardener, 1863-1905; Lyndhurst Historic Landscape Report 2: Context, Significance, Analysis, Treatment, 1996; Lyndhurst HLR 1: History, Existing Conditions, Interpretive Brochure, with consultants David Schuyler, George Tatum and Jane Davies, landscape history, David Tice, vegetation management, 1993; funding from NYS Preservation League, Pew Foundation and NEA Design Arts, for Lyndhurst, National Trust for Historic Preservation, award winning project.
City of Asheville Interpretive Urban Trail System, Asheville, NC ; Downtown Development Interpretive Trail Planning Charette, Charles Birnbaum, 1991; for Asheville Downtown Development Corporation.
Eagle's Nest, The Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion, Marine Museum, Planetarium and Park, Centerport, NY; Eagle's Nest Historic Landscape Report & Preservation Phasing Plan, interpretive tour, 1991; for Vanderbilt Museum, NYSCA grant.
PARK SYSTEMS
Pittsburgh Regional Parks: Frick, Highland, Riverview & Schenley Parks, Pittsburgh, PA; 1880s-1950s, Regional Parks Management Study, with ETM Associates, Brigid Sullivan, Ralph Crider, 2006; Regional Parks Standard Wood & Stone Bench Designs, 2005; Regional Parks Lighting Guidelines, with LaQuatra Bonci and Grenald Waldron 2001; Regional Parks Master Plan, landscape preservation consultant, with local historians Barry Hannegan and Brown & Carlisle, lead LaQuattra Bonci/Michael A. Stern, 1999; for Pittsburgh City Planning and Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.
Louisville Olmsted Parks and Parkways, Louisville, KY; Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, Olmsted Brothers, 1890-1938; landscape preservation consultant on multiple planning and implementation projects; Cherokee Park Barringer Spring and Cherokee Park Barringer Hill, lead PDR Engineers and Environs/RLA, 2002; Chickasaw Park Master Plan, lead Environs/RLA, 2001; Iroquois Park Amphitheater Rehabilitation Planning, 1999; Phase 1 projects Shawnee, Iroquois and Cherokee Parks, lead PDR Engineers, 1996; Olmsted Parks & Parkways Comprehensive Master and Management Plan, lead Andropogon Associates, Ltd, 1994; for Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy and Metro Parks, award-winning projects.
Swinney, Memorial, and Lakeside Parks, Fort Wayne, IN; influence of George Kessler and Arthur Shurcliff, 1911-1920, Adolph Jaenicke, Superintendent; Swinney, Memorial and Lakeside Parks Cultural Landscape Reports & Treatment Plans, 2002; for Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation and Planning Departments, award-winning projects.
Olmsted Linear Parks, Druid Hills, Atlanta, GA; F. L. & J.C. Olmsted, 1892-1896; landscape preservation consultant for Rehabilitation of Oak Grove Park and Ponce de Leon Parkway Design and Construction, lead Tunnell & Tunnell, Landscape Architects, with Charles E. Beveridge, PhD, Olmsted historian, 2000; for the Olmsted Linear Parks Alliance, ISTEA funded.
Baltimore Historic Parks, Baltimore MD; Howard Daniels, 1865, Olmsted Brothers, 1908-1920, Carrere & Hastings; Master planning projects for Crimea Area of Gwynns Falls Leakin Park, 2005; Mount Vernon Place Landscape Rehabilitation Plan, 2003; Latrobe Park, 2001; Carroll Park, 2000; Hydrology & Drainage Study with EBA Engineering, 1996; Renewing Druid Hill Park, 1995; Park Entries for Clifton, Herring Run, Druid Hill and Carroll Parks 2003; Implementation projects for Patterson Park Extension Walkways Construction Documents, Heart of the Park Interpretation, Fountain and Pagoda Landscape Rehabilitation, 2000-2004; Eutaw Place Rehabilitation Documents, 2003; Druid Hill Park Conservatory & Greenhouses, 2004; Memorial Segregated Pool, Grove 1999; Memorial Tennis Court with Joyce Scott artist, and Kann & Associates, 1998 ; for Baltimore Recreation and Parks.
Rochester City Neighborhood Parks, Rochester, NY; F.L. Olmsted & Company to Olmsted Brothers, 1892-1909; landscape preservation consultant, storm damage grant for park rehabilitation, Phase I implementation, 1995, Small Parks and Squares: Parks' History, Preservation Approach, Master Plan and Management Guidelines, lead Clark Patterson Mossien, Engineers, with historian Charles E. Beveridge, PhD., conservator George Wheeler, 1994; for City of Rochester.
Rochester Olmsted Parks System, Rochester, NY; F.L. Olmsted & Company to Olmsted Brothers, 1891-1912; lead for Highland Park Warner Castle Gardens, Rehabilitation Recommendations, 2003 and Highland Park Pinetum Drive Historic Landscape Assessment, with historian Charles E. Beveridge PhD, 1991; landscape preservation consultants for Seneca Park Parking Lot and Maintenance Center Design and Construction, 1998, lead EDR PC; Seneca Park Trout Pond and Picnic Grove Historic and Ecological Rehabilitation, 1996 lead EDR PC; Seneca Park Parkway Replanting, Storm Damage Vegetation Grant, 1994 lead EDR PC; Genesee Valley Park Deer Park & Picnic Grove Rehabilitation Design and Construction Documents, lead Clark Patterson Mossien Engineers,1995; Cobbs Hill Park Reservoir Radio Communication Facility Design, lead Rose & Associates, Architects, with Douglas McCord Associates, 1993; Genesee Valley Park Picnic Area & Carousel, Moore Drive Design and Construction, lead EDR PC, 1992; Red Creek Bridge Rehabilitation, lead Clark Engineers, 1991; Seneca Park Master Plan Update with Zoo Guidelines, with historian Charles E. Beveridge, PhD. lead EDR PC, 1990 ; Seneca Park Drive Reconstruction, lead LaBella Engineers, 1989; for Monroe County Parks and Engineering Departments, award-winning projects.
Hartford Parks System, Hartford, CT, Jacob Weidenmann, Olmsted Brothers, Theodore Wirth 1854-1910; Hartford Parks Master Plan with PRE/view, Stuart Sachs, planning/video simulation, David Schuyler, history, Theodore Haskell, maintenance, Christopher Greene, program/finance, and George Wheeler, objects conservation, 1992; for City of Hartford, CT, award-winning project.
Buffalo Olmsted Park System, Buffalo, NY, Olmsted & Vaux, 1873-1879, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, 1890s, Olmsted Brothers, 1904; Front Park Rehabilitation, Riverside Park Rehabilitation and Delaware Park Bikeway, 1987-1988; for Buffalo Friends of Olmsted Parks, funded New York State Council on the Arts; Buffalo Olmsted Parks & Parkways Research & Existing Conditions Inventory, O'Donnell, 1979; for Western New York Historical Society.
Emerald Necklace Parks, Boston and Brookline, MA, F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, 1884-1890s and Olmsted Brothers 1910s, Arthur Shurcliff, the Fens, 1920; O'Donnell project manager, 1985-1987 Historic Landscape Report and management plan, Walmsley/Pressley Joint Venture, with Cobham Resource Consultants, George Wheeler, People Places & Design Research; for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management.
PARKWAYS & BOULEVARDS
Louisville Olmsted Parkways, Louisville, KY; Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, Olmsted Brothers, 1890-1938; landscape preservation consultant, Louisville Olmsted Parkways Bicycle Trail Plan, leads HNTB and Gresham Smith, 2006; Olmsted Parks & Parkways Comprehensive Master and Management Plan, Louisville Olmsted Parkways History & Guidelines, lead Andropogon Associates, Ltd, 1994; for Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy and Metro Parks.
Eutaw Place, Baltimore . MD, 1880s; nine-block neighborhood median and promenade, Phase 1 Rehabilitation Documents, 2003; Eutaw Place Historic Landscape Assessment Report, 2002; for Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks, Capital Projects.
Palisades Interstate Parkway Trailway, Albany, NY; landscape preservation consultant, research, assessment of landscape character, design guidelines and design review, lead Roesch & Associates, 2001; for New York Department of Transportation, District 8.
Rochester Olmsted Parkways, NY; F.L. Olmsted & Company to Olmsted Brothers, 1892-1909; landscape preservation consultant, Seneca Parkway Storm Recovery Planting, lead Environmental Design Research, 1993; for City of Rochester.
Southern Parkways, Buffalo, NY; Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, 1894-1896; Updated Master Plan, Schematic Design and Design Development, lead Trowbridge & Wolf, with Charles Beveridge, PhD., historian, 2001; for Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Taconic Parkway, NY, Charles Baker, District #8 Engineering, 1920s-1960s; Taconic Interstate Parkway Corridor Management Plan, with Scenic America/HRA Grey Pape, Lamoreux & Dickenson, Urban Engineers, 1999; for NYS DOT, award-winning project.
Colonial Parkway, Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown and Jamestown, VA, 1930-1958, Charles Peterson, Stanley Abbott, NPS Eastern Region Design Team; Colonial Parkway Context: History of the American Parkway Movement, National Park Service Design and Historic Preservation Contexts, 1998; Colonial Parkway Cultural Landscape Report, Part I: History, Existing Conditions, Analysis & Significance, with Martha McCartney historian, Andropogon Associates natural resources, Urban Engineers, 1997; for NPS-CASSO, Colonial National Historical Park, award-winning project.
Lake Washington Boulevard, Seattle, WA, Olmsted Brothers, 1902-1914; Walmsley & Company landscape preservation consultant, Lake Washington Boulevard Historic Landscape Report & Preservation Guidelines, 1987, lead EDAW Inc.; for Seattle Department of Parks & Recreation.
PUBLIC PARKS
Childs Park, Delaware Water Gap, PA/NJ; Childs Park Cultural Landscape Report & Treatment Plan, 2006; HNTB Architecture IDIQ contract, for National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, DSC.
Garfield Park, Indianapolis, IN, George E. Kessler, 1908-1913; Garfield Park Cultural Landscape Report & Treatment Plan, 2004; for Friends of Garfield Park in cooperation with Indy Parks, award winning project.
Highland Park, Pittsburgh, PA, 1870s Reservoir, 1880s Public Park Edward M. Bigelow, Park Superintendent; Welcome Entry Fountain & Public Gardens Design and Construction 2004; for Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Highland Park Community Development Corporation, Pittsburgh DPW Parks Division, and Design and Construction.
Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA; Edward M. Bigelow, Park Superintendent, 1889; Schenley Park Visitor Center Decorative Iron Railing, 2005; Panther Hollow Lake Feasibility Study, 2005; Phipps Run Basins, 2004; Schenley Plaza Peer Review, 2004; Panther Hollow Trail Rehabilitation, 2002; Schenley Park Visitor Center Landscape Rehabilitation, Window on the Park, 2001; for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Pittsburgh DPW, Parks Division.
Mellon Park, Pittsburgh, PA, Alden & Harlow, Vitale & Geiffert, Olmsted Brothers, 1911-1935; Renaissance Garden Fountain Stone Restoration, 2006; Concrete Steps & Ramp, Asphalt Paving, 2004; Stone Paving, Balustrade & Steps Restoration, 2003, Perimeter Fence & Wall Rehabilitation, 2002; Mellon Park Historic Landscape Report, Preservation & Management Plan, with Charles E. Beveridge, PhD., Barry Hannegan, Tupper Thomas, Susan Rademacher, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, 2000; projects for Phipps Garden Center, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, R.K. Mellon Foundation, Allegheny Foundation and DPW Parks Bureau.
Westchester County Park, 18 th century farms and 19 th century estates known as Spratt, Hopkins and Willow Brook properties, Hudson River; Westchester County Master Plan, 2004; for Historic Hudson Valley, Lyndhurst NTHP and Westchester County.
Camden Village Green, Camden, ME, Olmsted Brothers, 1926-1950; Honor Roll War Memorial Study, 2004; Planting advice for Camden Green Committee 2002; Camden Village Green Historic Landscape Report, Preservation & Management Plan, 1998; for Camden Garden Club and Town of Camden.
Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, F.L. Olmsted, Sr. 1876-1877, Olmsted Brothers, 1902, Carrère and Hastings, 1917-1919, National Historic Landmark; North Square rehabilitation construction documents 2004; Mount Vernon Place Landscape Rehabilitation Plan, 2003; for Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks, Capital Projects.
Warner Castle Gardens, Highland Park, Rochester, NY, Alling Stephen DeForest, 1920s for Merry Dennis; Warner Castle Gardens Rehabilitation Recommendations, 2003; for Monroe County Recreation and Parks.
Patterson Park, Baltimore, MD, historic public walk, Olmsted Brothers, extension 1910s; Extension Entry Rehabilitation Construction Documents, 2004; Fountain Rehabilitation & Heart of the Park interpretation with Mortar & Ink, 2003; Patterson Park Pagoda Landscape Rehabilitation, lead Kann Associates, 2001; for Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks, Capital Projects.
Frick Park, Pittsburgh, PA, Innocenti & Webel, 1920-1956; Frick Park Environmental Education Center Relocation study, lead Biohabitats, 2003; Homewood Entry Landscape Restoration, with LDA Architects for historic gateway building 2000; for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, award-winning project.
Clifton Park, Baltimore, MD, early 20th century neighborhood park; Park Entry Design Mayor's Gateway Program, 2003; Schematic design plans for regional baseball complex, 2002; for Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks, Capital Projects.
Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, PA, 1880s, City of Allegheny, Riverview Chapel Shelter Landscape Rehabilitation, 2003; Erosion Control, Trail Repair, Invasive Species Suppression & Vegetation Inventory Guidelines, 2002; Entry Fountain Project Scoping, 1999; for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Student Conservation Association Pittsburgh Partners in Parks & DPW Parks Division.
Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA, Olmsted Brothers, 1910s; landscape preservation consultant for Volunteer Park Seattle Landmark Nomination, lead Sheridan Consulting, 2002; for Seattle Water Department.
Latrobe Park, Baltimore, MD, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects, 1904; Latrobe Park Historic Landscape Rehabilitation Plan, 2001; for Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks, Capital Projects.
South Park, Buffalo, NY, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, 1894-1896; Updated Master Plan, lead Trowbridge & Wolf, with Charles Beveridge, PhD., historian, 2001; for Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Delaware Park, Buffalo, NY, Olmsted, Vaux & Company, Landscape Architects, 1869-1873; landscape preservation consultant for Delaware Park Meadow Cultural Landscape Report and Reforestation Vegetation Renewal, lead Wendel Duscherer, 2001; for Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Chickasaw Park, Louisville, KY, Olmsted Brothers, 1923; landscape preservation consultant for Chickasaw Park Master Plan, lead Environs/RLA with Arleyn Levee, historian, 2001; for the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy and Metro Parks.
Carroll Park, Baltimore, MD, Mount Clare Estate, 1767-1817, Baltimore Park Commission 1900s, Olmsted Brothers 1910s; Carroll Park Master Plan, 2000; for Baltimore City Planning, Recreation and Parks.
Eldridge R. Johnson Park, Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, NJ, Karcher & Smith, Architects, 1920s; Fountain Rehabilitation & Sculpture Restoration Phase 1, 2000; Johnson Park Historic Landscape Report & Preservation Treatment Plan, with Rebecca Reynolds and Robert Shure, sculpture specialists, for Rutgers University, 1998; for the New Jersey Preservation Trust.
Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Buffalo, NY, Olmsted, Vaux & Company, 1870, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot, 1896; landscape preservation consultant for two projects, Rehabilitation of Historic Basin, lead Trowbridge & Wolf, 2000; Wading Pool & Surrounds, lead Reimann- Buechner Partnership, 1991; for City of Buffalo, Department of Community Development.
Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD, Howard Daniels, 1860, Olmsted Brothers, 1910s; Memorial Segregated Pool design and construction, 1999; Memorial Tennis Court, with Joyce Scott artist, and Kann & Associates, 1998; Hydrology & Drainage Study with EBA Engineering, 1996; Maintenance Facilities Plan, with Kann & Associates, 1996; Historic Landscape Report & Master Plan; Renewing Druid Hill Park, 1995 award-winning project; projects for Baltimore Recreation and Parks and Parks & People Foundation.
Bean Hill Green, Norwichtown Green and Little Plain Green, Norwich, CT ; Norwich City Greens Preservation Plan, 1998; for Norwich Planning Department.
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA, Olmsted Brothers, 1910-1912; landscape preservation consultant for planning and implementation projects; Oak Hill implementation plan, lead HOK Atlanta, 1998; Piedmont Park Master Plan, lead EDC-Pickering, 1994; for Piedmont Park Conservancy and Atlanta Parks & Recreation.
Putnam River Trail, Putnam, CT; landscape preservation consultant for River Trail and park development along the Quinnipiac River, lead CA Engineers, schematic design and construction documents, 1997; for Putnam Economic Development Commission and Town of Putnam, ISTEA funded.
Laurelhurst Park, Portland, OR, Emanuel Tilman Mische, 1890s; Laurelhurst Park Comprehensive Plan for Bond Fund Improvements, landscape preservation consultant, lead Marlene Salon, Landscape Architect, 1996; for Portland Parks.
Untermyer Park, formerly Greystone estate of Samuel Untermyer, Yonkers, NY, William Welles Bosworth, George Chisholm, 1920s; Historic Landscape Report Untermyer Park, 1995; for Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, City of Yonkers.
Genesee Valley Park, Rochester, NY, F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, 1891-1912; landscape preservation consultant for multiple projects with historian Charles E. Beveridge, PhD,. Storm Damage Vegetation Renewal, lead Clark Patterson Mossien, Engineers, PC, Genesee Valley Park Deer Park & Picnic Grove Rehabilitation Design & Construction documents, 1995; Picnic Area & Carousel Plan, Design & Construction documents, lead Environmental Design Research, PC, 1992; Red Creek Bridge Rehabilitation, lead Clark Engineers, 1991; for Monroe County Parks & Engineering.
Seneca Park, Rochester, NY, F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, 1891-1895; Seneca Park Parking Lot Design & Maintenance Center, 1998; Trout Pond and Picnic Grove Historic and Ecological Rehabilitation, 1996; landscape preservation consultant, Storm Damage Vegetation Grant, 1994; Updated Master Plan with Zoo guidelines, with historian Charles E. Beveridge, PhD., 1990, all lead Environmental Design Research, PC; Scenic Entry Drive Reconstruction Project, lead LaBella & Assoc Engineers, with Environmental Design Research, 1990; for Monroe County Parks and Engineering, award-winning projects.
Cobbs Hill Park, Rochester, NY, Olmsted Brothers, 1904-1911; landscape preservation consultant, Radio Communication Facility, lead Rose & Associates, Architects, with Douglas McCord Associates, 1993; for Monroe County Engineering.
Highland Park, Rochester, NY, F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, 1890-1894; Pinetum Drive Historic Landscape Assessment, with historian Charles E. Beveridge PhD, 1991; for Monroe County Parks and Engineering.
Grove Park, Asheville NC, Chauncey Beadle, landscape gardener, 1910; Planting Renewal Plan, 1991; for Parks & Recreation, City of Asheville.
Andrew Jackson Downing Memorial Park, Newburgh, NY, F. L. Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, John Charles Olmsted and Downing Vaux, 1888-1895; Downing Park Comprehensive Master Plan, Belated Honor for a Prophet, History, Existing Conditions & Analysis, Design Guidelines for Built Elements & Furnishings, Vegetation Management & Renewal Guidelines, Management Plan, Guidelines for First Priority Project; with David Schuyler, PhD., historian, 1991; for Downing Park Planning Committee, partial funding New York State Council on the Arts, award-winning projects.
Washington Park, Albany, NY, Bogart & Cuyler, 1871, William Egerton, 1880-1905; Moses Fountain area Planting Plan, 1992; Madison Street Border Planting Plan & Guidelines, 1989; Heritage Landscapes & Joy Kestenbaum joint lead for Washington Park Historic Landscape Report & Preservation Plan, 1989; for Washington Park Conservancy.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, Olmsted Vaux & Company 1865-1890; Walmsley & Company, Meadowport Arch Landscape Restoration, Ravine Upper Lakes Reconstruction Planning; Historic Landscape Reports for Lake, Perimeter and Ravine, 1987; for Prospect Park, NYC Parks and Recreation, award-winning projects.
HISTORIC PRIVATE PROPERTIES
Tirranna, Rayward Property, Frank Lloyd Wright, 19 55-56, Taliesin Associated Architects, 1960s, Drive and Arrival Court Landscape Design & Implementation, 2005; Tirranna Landscape Master Plan, 2004, for private owner.
The Causeway, Parmalee Estate, Charles Platt with Ellen Biddle Shipman, 1911-1915, Tregaron, Davies Property, Washington DC, Tregaron Cultural Landscape Assessment, 2005, for Tregaron Limited Partnership.
Obercreek Estate, Hughsonville, NY, Mary Rutherfurd Jay overall design, with Ellen Biddle Shipman garden, 1926-1930; Obercreek Estate Historic Landscape Feasibility Study, with Roslyn Romberg, marketing consultant, 2000; for the Garden Conservancy and private owner.
West St. Mary's Manor, Dryden, Maryland, colonial manor house, Alden Hopkins garden, 1940s, landscape master plan and phased implementation to incorporate new addition, 1999.
Ferman-Harris Second Residence, Clinton, NY, 1790s German farmhouse, landscape master plan, 1996.
Rubenstein Second Residence, Norfolk, CT, 1890s country house, landscape master plan, 1996.
Andrews Residence, Greens Farms, CT, Greek Revival House, landscape master plan, garage site plan, construction oversight, landscape management, 1993.
Risell Residence, Ridgefield, CT, Thomas Hyatt House c1835, historic - contemporary landscape master plan, and construction oversight, 1991, Colonial Dooryard Garden in Garden Design, January-February 1991, Redesigning the American Lawn, 1994.
Emerson Residence, Fairfield, CT, Rural Farmhouse c1810, landscape master plan, 1990.
Wilbur Residence, Southport, CT, Georgian Schoolhouse c1920, landscape master plan, construction and maintenance oversight, 1993.
Lowenthal Residence, Litchfield, CT, Victorian Home c1870, Historic period landscape design, masonry terrace and garden to integrate privy and outbuilding, 1987.
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