Designing the Parks

The Designing the Parks internship program introduces young diverse groups of students to National Park Service design and planning professions.

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      • Jonathan Fisher
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      • Anna Tiburzi
      • Ashley Crespo
      • Brenden Bowman
      • James Mealey
      • Justin Kwiatkowski
      • Marianne Black
      • Marissa Donohue
      • Olivia So
      • Rachel Adamsky
      • Samantha Dimatteo
    • 2019
      • Anna Tiburzi
      • Clelie Fielding
      • Connor Neville
      • Emelyn Najera
      • Erika Welch
      • Hayley Malloy
      • Julia Miller
      • Justin Kwiatkowski
      • Rebekah Everett
      • Vera Angelina
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Jonathan Fisher

March 2, 2021by Jonathan Fisher 2 Comments

Where are you from?  I’m from Richmond, VT and currently live in Boston, MA. Where do you/did you attend school? Share with us the city/town, what you are majoring in, what your […]

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Record, Rehabilitate, Repeat: Repeat Photography at Longfellow

December 4, 2020by samdimatteo 1 Comment

Visuals are some of the most powerful elements to preservation. Maps, photographs, plans and more provide clarity to those piecing together a landscape’s history and offer direction for the future. […]

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Making a Map with ArcGIS Pro

November 23, 2020by Brenden Bowman Leave a comment

Over the course of three weeks, the Olmsted Center staff and associates had the awesome opportunity to learn the basics of ArcGIS Pro through a training series created by OCLP’s […]

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Tying the History to the Landscape: Creating StoryMaps for Longfellow’s Formal Garden

November 6, 2020by samdimatteo Leave a comment

A critical moment in any given research is when you have finished the writing and are faced with communicating your findings to others. More often than not, this includes some […]

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Developing a GIS Application for Vegetation Assessment and Maintenance

October 21, 2020by marianneeblack Leave a comment

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park (SAGA) located in Cornish, New Hampshire was the summer home of the celebrated Gilded Age sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The park contains several notable historic landscapes, but […]

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On Hemlock Hedges

October 15, 2020by jamescmealey 3 Comments

The end of last week brought a major milestone in the Blow-Me-Down Farm Cultural Landscape Report project, which has occupied most of my time since starting with the Olmsted Center […]

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It’s Holly Season!

October 13, 2020by Marissa Donohue 4 Comments

If it seems too early to be thinking about the wonderful native evergreen, American holly (Ilex opaca), then you are definitely not a professional holly propagator.

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Changing Significance: The Evolution of the Statue of Liberty

October 7, 2020by samdimatteo 2 Comments

Taking a break from the Longfellow site, I’ve been working on portions of the upcoming Statue of Liberty Monument — Liberty Island cultural landscape report. In my perusing of the […]

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Is the Milford Knob a Cultural Landscape?

September 28, 2020by Brenden Bowman 1 Comment

In August of 2020, the office of Tribal and Cultural Affairs in Region 1 reached out to the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation for the creation of a Technical Assistance […]

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Greenhouses, Gardens, and GIS

September 10, 2020by Marissa Donohue 3 Comments

Feeling cooped up at home? Get out to a park! I am grateful for a number of phenomenal site visits in the past few months, and I hope you feel […]

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Team Members

  • Aimee Weber
  • ambraquet
  • andrethomas2014
  • angelinarjones
  • Anna Tiburzi
  • Ashley Crespo
  • npsbranchingout
  • Brenden Bowman
  • catrinacuadra
  • cleliefielding
  • csilvatrejo
  • Jill Miller
  • designingtheparksoclp
  • Administrator OCLP
  • dorothyparks
  • eduym
  • efoulds
  • egiacomarra
  • ellamweber
  • Erika Welch
  • everettrl
  • Finola09
  • hayleymalloy
  • jackswab
  • jamescmealey
  • Jeanie Lai
  • Jennifer Hanna
  • jennagupta
  • jennyesf
  • jennykatz2
  • jesseyhorvat
  • Jonathan Fisher
  • Julia Miller
  • Julian Huertas
  • justinkwiatkowski
  • kerrygreen
  • kristi0lmsted
  • kylestillwell
  • larsboyd
  • dmugfordNPS
  • Logan McSherry
  • ltguerrero
  • marianneeblack
  • Marissa Donohue
  • Clare Flynn
  • Clare Flynn
  • melissaeloshway
  • najeraemelyn
  • Nick Shannon
  • nols2014
  • oliviaso5
  • pcselby
  • sreinstein
  • radamsky
  • Connor Neville
  • Robert Wright
  • samdimatteo
  • sarahwhoagland
  • sbachier
  • scsanch
  • shanasia
  • Vanessa Hartsuiker
  • veryan17
  • vma2019
  • wjelliot

Topics

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • Acadia National Park
  • Adams National Historical Park
  • Agriculture
  • Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
  • Boston
  • Boston Harbor Islands
  • Boston Harbor Islands National and State Recreation Area
  • Branching Out
  • Cape Cod
  • Cape Cod National Seashore
  • Climate
  • CRSA
  • Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program (CRDIP)
  • Designing the Parks
  • Eisenhower National Historic Site
  • First State
  • Frederic Law Olmsted National Historic Site
  • Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
  • Gettysburg National Military Park
  • Governor's Island National Monument
  • Greening Youth Foundation (GYF)
  • HAF
  • Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
  • Historic Preservation
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Interpretation
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Local Farms
  • Longfellow – Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
  • Minute Man National Historical Park
  • National Park Service Centennial
  • Northeast Museum Services Center (NMSC)
  • nps
  • OCLP
  • Salem Maritime
  • Student Conservation Association (SCA)
  • SUNY ESF Field School
  • Sustainability
  • Sustainable Argiculture
  • Thompson Island Outward Bound Green Ambassadors

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Chris and Margie
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Releasing of head-started Blanding's turtle at Assabet National Wildlife Refuge.
Releasing of head-started Blanding’s turtle at Assabet National Wildlife Refuge.
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Covering a Statue of Abraham Lincoln for his big reveal at Saint Gaudens NHS
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Detail map of the Boghouse and surroundings
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Van Buren was 5’6
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Courtesy: thompsonisland.org
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Fairsted: the former home and office of Olmsted
Fairsted: the former home and office of Olmsted
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Bees are kept strategically throughout Drumlin farm at the edge of fields, and in areas where pollination routes can be enhanced.
Bees are kept strategically throughout Drumlin farm at the edge of fields, and in areas where pollination routes can be enhanced.
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My boss Eliot and I at the Maryland Archives.
My boss Eliot and I at the Maryland Archives.
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Inside the Martin van Buren house!
Inside the Martin van Buren house!
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Photo from the Field: The photographs from the site visit proved invaluable when working on the map, because they helped me to define elements unclear in orthophotos.
Photo from the Field: The photographs from the site visit proved invaluable when working on the map, because they helped me to define elements unclear in orthophotos.
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The Independence Hall bell tower
The Independence Hall bell tower
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The land bridge to Bar Island on a rainy day
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Ahoy, Ella, what do you see?
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Circulation: a beautiful tree tunnel, one of my favorite trails on Peddocks
Circulation: a beautiful tree tunnel, one of my favorite trails on Peddocks
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Debriefing the Inventory Team: Bill Burke (center, with brimmed hat) explains the history of the site to the group in the shade of a large tree-of-heaven. Behind him is the north façade of the main house.
Debriefing the Inventory Team: Bill Burke (center, with brimmed hat) explains the history of the site to the group in the shade of a large tree-of-heaven. Behind him is the north façade of the main house.
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Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
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Typical full Cape Cod floorplan
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One of the various abandoned houses in the area!
One of the various abandoned houses in the area!
(L to R) Vera, Anna, and me checking out a trail in the Sieur de Monts area
(L to R) Vera, Anna, and me checking out a trail in the Sieur de Monts area
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Setting up the Total Station on a dig in Mississippi
Setting up the Total Station on a dig in Mississippi
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Learned that rain boots are essential for all field work
May 2017 beds, ready to be filled!
May 2017 beds, ready to be filled!
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Looking at the late-19th century plans of the Arnold Arboretum
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Looking at Olmsted Brothers plans with Michelle Clark
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