Greenwich's Missing Olmsted Park

A Parks and Recreation manager discovers an original Olmsted plan for a local park.

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March 2, 2005, 11:00 AM PST

"Bruce Spaman was at his desk one day when a fellow Department of Parks and Recreation employee walked in, toting an armload of old maps destined for the trash --unless Spaman wanted them. ...Later, when he began unfurling some of the maps, Spaman found a connection to the legendary landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted.

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Salvaged map shows Frederick Law Olmsted had designs for a shoreline park in Greenwich

Sunday, February 27, 2005 in Greenwich Time

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