David R. Holden

David R. Holden is a retired urban planner and landscape architect currently working on a full length, comprehensive overview of the professional life of Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. The book’s emphasis will be on Olmsted’s leadership via his writings, speeches, and organizational skills as well as examples of Olmsted’s work in establishing city and regional planning as a profession distinct from landscape architecture, architecture, and civil engineering.  

Mr. Holden was a resident of Baltimore, MD, for 28 years and was a co-founder in 1983 of the Friends of Wyman Park Dell, one of the finest examples of Olmsted park design principles in Baltimore. He was also co-founder in 1984 of the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks and Landscapes.

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