i know that olmstead -- olmstead did not design that park, now, olmstead, jr., his son, is conceivablehe had something to do with that. he worked the 20th century. he was involved in promises all over the country and with the west ward migration of the american population, olmstead jr. did work on the west coast with the seattle park system. perhaps he was involved with that 6789 he was involved in so many projects it's hard to keep track. he had a large professional firm wok working all over the country. perhaps junior did the park in riverside. >> the one thing not addressed 1 the issue of abolitionism in the subtitle. very quickly, tell us about his activities. >> sure, well, olmstead, he was called upon to travel across the south for the "new york times" to report on the conditions of slavery. the reason he got the gig as it were was because he was a gradualist, what somebody like thomas jefferson was, believed slavery was wrong and should end in good time. they were happy to have someone with that stance go down to the south, but while olmstead was reporting, read his dispatches a

i think olmstead had these kind of division of labor partnerships.he got along with them well, but he was going to design structures and think about landscape. some of these folks had such massive egos that he was going to design a bridge that looked however he felt the breach of book. olmstead designed and there weren't that many bridges to design. >> yes, i think a lot of interesting other topics came out. the chicago world fair to me was amazing because he was this guy who is now in his 80s? >> would've been a 70s. >> late 70s, yeah.