Frederick Law Olmsted

The case for making the street more like the pleasure road Frederick Law Olmsted intended.

Frederick Law Olmsted’s landscape creations, especially his urban parks, remain a vital part of our present.

The Trump administration is working to undo one of the guiding principles of U.S. conservation.

More than 150 years ago, Frederick Law Olmsted changed how Americans think of public space.

From ancient Native American trails to billion-year-old rocks, take an in-depth look at the thousands of years of history housed inside this iconic park.

The way we commemorate those who have made the ultimate sacrifice dates to the Civil War.

The furor that erupted throughout New York City cannot be disentangled from the long history of the urban oasis.

The roadside battle for people’s attention has been raging for more than a century.

The echoes of an airport expansion, completed half a century ago, continue to harm Bostonians' health and well-being today.

For nearly all of its modern existence, the Great Dismal Swamp has been excluded from U.S. history. Now there’s a push to bring its significance to light.

Fire is a planetary feature, not a biotic bug. What can we learn from Yosemite’s experiment to restore natural fire?

Traditional environmentalism has lacked a meaningful, practical democratic vision, rendering it largely marginal to the day-to-day lives of most Americans.

The fallout of the January 6th riot and its effect on D.C. statehood.

A Virginia congressman has filed a bill to make the swamp a National Heritage Site.

Edward Bellamy's utopia influenced a generation of urban planners.

Many of California’s native ecosystems evolved to burn. But modern fire suppression creates fuel for catastrophic fires. Is it time for a change?

An animation of the historical trends of New York's growth since its founding.

How the New England town became the mythical landscape of American democracy.

The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways.

Suburban corporate campuses have isolated themselves by design from the communities their products were supposed to impact.