Something different to view on PBS Tonight, 6/20

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

I posted this in "In the Garden", but wanted to share it here too...more traffic here.

At 9PM tonight on PBS (check your local listings!) there will be a one hour show on Frederick Law Olmsted and his parks.

Whether you are in Central Park in NYC, Highland in Rochester (Lilac Festival), Delaware in Buffalo or the Midway in Chicago (it runs through the campus where I went to school!), you just KNOW when you are in a park he designed!

It's done in the style of a Ken Burns biography...I'll be watching (and learning too!)

Does anyone else feel that something special in his parks?

pitdakota · ‎03-16-2010

He also designed several parks in this state as well, terrier. Thanks for the info!

* Freedom has a taste the protected will never know *

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/20/2014 pitdakota said:
He also designed several parks in this state as well, terrier. Thanks for the info!

He really got around!

The state parks around Niagara Falls are being restored to his vision too. If you haven't been to the Falls in a while, it's a real pleasure to see the new landscaping.

AngusandBuddhasMom · ‎03-10-2010

Looks interesting. We are very fortunate that people had the vision to put aside parcels of nature and protect it for all of us.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/20/2014 Caravaggio said:
Looks interesting. We are very fortunate that people had the vision to put aside parcels of nature and protect it for all of us.

There's something I have always wondered about. In all his parks, even Central Park, there are fenced off areas they say are designated as "wilderness" areas.

Does anyone know what they are for? It's not as if a deer or an elk could take up residence in one of the areas...they aren't very large.

spud188 · ‎09-23-2010

And Manito Park in Spokane,WA

AngusandBuddhasMom · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/20/2014 terrier3 said:
On 6/20/2014 Caravaggio said:
Looks interesting. We are very fortunate that people had the vision to put aside parcels of nature and protect it for all of us.

There's something I have always wondered about. In all his parks, even Central Park, there are fenced off areas they say are designated as "wilderness" areas.

Does anyone know what they are for? It's not as if a deer or an elk could take up residence in one of the areas...they aren't very large.

Generally speaking those are areas that go untouched and are usually off limits to park goers. A good example is Central Park over by 62nd street one of the "wilderness areas" has been off limits since the 30's. They have decided to allow people in but in limited groups. The area has not been touched even after Hurricane Sandy. Fallen trees are left as it would be in the wild.

I hope this helps Terrier Smile