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Re: Re[2]: New York City question
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"Robert A. Baron" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Nov 1996 17:27:08 -0500
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At 12:06 PM 11/6/96 EST, Eric wrote:



>   An amazing story of focus, genius, and good fortune in Olmstead's work
>   on the Park, kind of analagous to Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge.

Central Park is not the only Olmstead park in the NYC area.  Manor Park in
Larchmont, N.Y. (just north of NYC) is an Olmstead creation.  Here Olmstead
worked with the natural glacier strifed rock as it meets the Long Island
Sound.  This is a diminutive masterpiece.


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Robert A. Baron
Museum Computer Consultant
P.O. Box 93, Larchmont, NY  10538
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