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[23:53] “His legacy endures in the 6,000 landscapes he, Calvert Vaux and [Olmsted’s] sons [designed] across the United States and Canada. It endures as well in Buffalo, where Olmsted created a city within a park, a concept later repeated in Boston and elsewhere. It shapes the city he … called ‘The Best Planned in America.’“

Happy birthday, Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903). Thank you for giving us the first urban park system 148 years ago.