Tag Archives: Calvert Vaux

Tour Boothden next Sunday

Posted on September 3, 2018 by David Brussat

Remember Edwin Booth, the actor? Perhaps not. Not the Booth who shot Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, but his brother, who had a summer home in Middletown, R.I., designed for him by Calvert Vaux, best known as the designer, with … Continue reading →

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Save Chicago’s Jackson Park

Posted on January 11, 2018 by David Brussat

The 543 acres of Chicago’s Jackson Park, site of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, are not existentially threatened by plans to slice off 22 of its acres for Barack Obama’s presidential center. However, this park was designed by Frederick Law … Continue reading →

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