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Calvert Vaux

Architect, Landscape Architect
Firm

Founder & Principal, Olmsted, Vaux & Co

Date

Born, December, 20, 1824

Died, November, 19, 1895

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An English-American architect and landscape designer, best known as the co-designer, along with his protégé and junior partner Frederick Law Olmsted, of what would become New York City's Central Park.

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Great Crashes of Wall Street

The Commons - The Heart of New York City

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Square granite pool with Bronze candelabrum at each corner
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1872 - City Hall Park Fountain New York City, NY
Fountain

Entrance with engraving - 'Forty Eight Wall Street Bank of New York Building'
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1928 - 48 Wall Street New York City, NY
Workplace

Exterior facade
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1877 - American Museum of Natural History New York City, NY
Museum

Main attractions of the park include the 90-acre (36 ha) Long Meadow; the Picnic House; Litchfield Villa; Prospect Park Zoo; the Boathouse; Concert Grove; Brooklyn's only lake, covering 60 acres (24 ha); and the Prospect Park Bandshell that hosts free outdoor concerts in the summertime
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1865 - Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY
Park

The biologically diverse ecosystem has several hundred species of flora and fauna
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1857 - Central Park East New York, NY
Park

The park includes other rock outcroppings; a man-made ornamental pond and waterfall; three sculptures; several athletic fields; playgrounds; and an arboretum
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1895 - Morningside Park New York City, NY
Park

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Adrian Benepe

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