Category: Landscape

Part 2(b) – Prospect Park and the Concert Grove

April 26, 2022

With Olmsted and Vaux’ dismissal as the architects of Central Park in the spring of 1870, Thomas Wisedell  also ended his tenure in that park and was given much greater design responsibilities in the creation of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.  Prospect Park had originally been planned in 1861 by Egbert Viele, but due to the Civil … More Part 2(b) – Prospect Park and the Concert Grove

Part 2(a) – From London to New York: Calvert Vaux, Jacob Wrey Mould and Central Park

April 17, 2022

In the fall of 1868, Thomas Wisedell was presented with an opportunity to move from London to New York City to be part of a group of British designers, engineers and craftsmen who had previously immigrated to the United States and were not only creating the modern park movement but also transforming American design. The … More Part 2(a) – From London to New York: Calvert Vaux, Jacob Wrey Mould and Central Park