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Online Program: Frederick Law Olmsted's Design of Riverside, Illinois
Wednesday, April 09
6:30pm - 7:45pm
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2025-04-09 18:30:00
2025-04-09 19:45:00
America/Chicago
Online Program: Frederick Law Olmsted's Design of Riverside, Illinois
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Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, not only designed New York City's Central Park, but also the layout of Riverside, Illinois, one of the first planned communities in America.
Author Cathy Jean Maloney shares the history of Riverside and how their 1870s goals of walkability, green space, public transportation access, sustainability, and resiliency continue to influence landscapes and suburbs across the country.
Complete with beautiful photos, this nice local travelogue gives you an overview of a suburb where houses are set back from the road, sidewalks meander along gently curving roads, and public green spaces abound.
Part of our Chicagoland: Read All About It series.
This program is online on Zoom. After registering, you receive a link to the Zoom webinar at least three hours before the program.
This program is not recorded.
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.
