Calvert Vaux Park (formerly known as Dreier Offerman Park) is an 85.53-acre (34.61 ha) public park in Gravesend, Brooklyn, in New York City. Created in... 15 KB (1,621 words) - 18:46, 19 March 2024 |
in the Italianate style by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. Following a fire in 1855, Vaux rebuilt the house with modified plans. Richard Morris... 15 KB (1,535 words) - 16:00, 25 March 2024 |
guano trade. Beaulieu was designed for Barreda by New York architect Calvert Vaux, who also designed the bridges in New York's Central Park. In July 1859... 11 KB (1,065 words) - 14:07, 27 March 2024 |
co-designing many well-known urban parks with his partner Calvert Vaux. Olmsted and Vaux's first project was New York's Central Park, which led to many... 44 KB (5,184 words) - 19:01, 28 April 2024 |
Herbert Von King Park (category Calvert Vaux designs) took control of the park, and in 1871, James Stranahan commissioned Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted – architects for Central and Prospect parks... 16 KB (1,628 words) - 22:42, 29 March 2024 |
Central Park (category Calvert Vaux designs) approved in 1853. In 1857, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition for the park with their "Greensward Plan". Construction... 256 KB (23,863 words) - 11:33, 29 April 2024 |
continental landscape watercolors by Englishman Calvert Vaux captured his attention. He encouraged Vaux to emigrate to the United States, and opened what... 32 KB (3,599 words) - 15:17, 23 April 2024 |
was not a gambling business. The building was originally designed by Calvert Vaux in 1862 as part of the Greensward Plan for Central Park. Initial plans... 12 KB (1,049 words) - 19:07, 3 January 2022 |