" Stanford faculty may “purchase a leasehold interest.” Buyers sign a “ground lease” with the university, and then faculty members pay rent to Stanford ..
This unique structure dates to the university’s founding by Leland and Jane Stanford.."
Olmsted is often referred to as the “father of landscape architecture in America,” and is best known for New York’s Central Park, which he co-designed with architect and landscape designer Calvert Vaux ..
Olmsted knew William Henry Vanderbilt, George Vanderbilt’s father, when they both lived on Staten Island, and the designer had already worked on several Vanderbilt family projects when George Vanderbilt approached him in 1888 to advise on the first 2,000 acres of his NC property
"Plans for both Biltmore House and its surrounding landscape changed in 1889 when Vanderbilt and architect Richard Morris Hunt toured France together and the scale of Vanderbilt’s new estate expanded..
Thank goodness that Biltmore page was archived: archive.is/9406k
Prior to becoming a landscape architect, Olmsted was first a seaman, farmer, then a journalist and founder of The Nation magazine, which still exists today. .
Portrait of Frederick Law Olmsted by John Singer Sargent
During the Civil War, he served as Executive Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission (a precursor to the Red Cross). 👀
Frederick Law Olmsted was a freemason of course - The George Washington National Memorial gwmemorial.org/pages/architec…
The landscaping of the Memorial grounds was done by the renowned Olmstead Brothers firm. Founded by Frederick Law Olmsted—who designed the grounds of the
United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., New York City’s Central Park, the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, and the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago .. architecture.org/learn/resource…
The grounds of the Memorial were specifically designed by an Olmsted employee named Carl Rust Parker, one of the most renowned American landscape architects and a member of the Masonic Fraternity. tclf.org/pioneer/carl-r…
The Memorial’s form was inspired by the lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt, one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, and its design reflects the classical architecture of Greece and Rome.
Shelburne Farms is an education center for sustainability, created in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate, using money inherited from railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt. They commissioned Frederick Law Olmsted
Lola Van Wagenen is on the board of directors of Shelburne Farms
her first husband was Robert Redford (1958-1985)
1975 to 1977, Van Wagenen developed The Sun Fund
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In 1978, she organized SunDay in New York with the UN
Slave Gardens : encyclopedia.com/humanities/app…
Frederick Law Olmsted explained that slaves on a South Carolina plantation were "at liberty to sell whatever they choose from the products of their own garden"
Revisiting Olmsted's legacy may prove interesting..considering ...
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"Justin Welby began his journey to Lambeth Palace at the influential Holy Trinity Brompton , with rock music, social activism and talking about God in Starbucks"
Justin Welby resigned as the Archbishop of Canterbury on November 12, 2024, following intense pressure and a damning independent report, known as the
Makin Review, which found that he failed to adequately report a prolific child abuser to the police.
Whitney Webb :"Sultan bin Sulayem is best known for controlling a significant portfolio of Emirati government-owned assets, particularly in freight and the maritime industry, with important holdings in logistics globally as well as major real estate holdings in the US & beyond.
"He recently became the subject of national media scrutiny when his name was redacted by the DOJ in an exchange with Epstein, whereby Epstein told him he “loved the torture video” that Sultan bin Sulayem had sent him.
" Krystle has held key roles including Design Lead at Brit + Co, User Experience Designer at Twylah, .., Graphic Design Intern at Distilled Ltd, Graphic Artist at UC Davis Extension , and Founding Member at Co/Lab: The Collective Laboratory."
Brit + Co is a website and lifestyle brand targeted at women. The company was founded by Brit Morin in 2011.
Morin is married to Dave Morin .. seen here 👇at John Brockman's Edge event with Bill Ackman's now wife Neri Oxman .. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_Morin
In 2010, at the same time Mothers Army was being set up, David Stern wrote to Epstein :
"I want to make Robert part of JEDS - your private/"secret" London office to be established soon"
"In 1989, Kuhn was invited to China by its director of the State Science and Technology Commission, Song Jian, whom Kuhn considers his mentor ." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_La…
"Following the Chinese government's announcement in 1979 to advocate for one child per family, [Song Jian] became a leading advocate for rapid implementation and broad coverage of China's one-child policy" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Jian
NYT :
"Updates: Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released ..
The documents shed new light on the disgraced financier’s relationships with several prominent figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ."..
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" Sergey Brin , the co-founder of Google and one of the richest men in the world, visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in St. Thomas, made plans to dine at Mr. Epstein’s home and corresponded with Ghislaine Maxwell "..