Apr 25th, 2008 · This weekend marks the 150th anniversary of Frederick Law Olmstead's winning the contest to design New York City's Central Park. Biographer Charles Beveridge says Olmstead's work became the template for urban parks throughout the United States.
May 24th, 2007 · A boy becomes a man by heading out into the middle of a war in search of his lost father. Sound familiar? There's a new version of the tale: Coal Black Horse, by Robert Olmstead. It is a sparely written quest story that can provide hours of rewarding reading.
Oct 2nd, 2004 · At 4, Marla Olmstead is an artistic phenomenon. Her paintings sell for as much as $10,000 per canvas. She has been featured in The New York Times, on NBC's Today and the BBC. She'll be on the CBS show Sunday Morning later this weekend. Her father, Mark Olmstead, speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.