Architecture & Design

Episode 274: Signe Nielsen

This landscape architect embraces the principles that underpin Olmsted’s Central Park. “He wanted the wealthy to mix with the poor; this was supposed to be a place where everybody came together.” Public parks as an institution of democracy, a conversation at the Center for Architecture. Music from Hubby Jenkins.  Photo: Harry Wilks

Person: Saul Steinberg
Place: City Center
Thing: beech tree cross-section
Randy’s Thing: grandparent toy