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Sunday,
February 28, 2010 6:30-9:30 p.m.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
“Dream
in Green” – Olmsted Linear Park Gala
Fernbank
Natural History Museum
The
Olmsted Linear Park Gala will go green in
2010 and you don’t want to miss it!
This “Dream in Green” evening of music, fabulous
food and celebration will feature live and
silent auctions offering chances at vacation
home getaways, art, photography, fine wines,
airline tickets and much more.
Plan now to attend and support the continued
restoration and maintenance of the historic
Olmsted Linear Park along Ponce de Leon Avenue.
This local and national treasure is worth
a spectacular night of celebration!
For
more information on sponsorship opportunities
or to reserve your tickets now, go
here.
Please
join OLPA as it undertakes the next step in
preserving the historic Olmsted legacy in
our city and in providing one of the jewels
of green space for our entire metro region.
The new Annual Fund will be part of the long-term
development effort to raise money for annual
maintenance and to build an endowment for
ongoing park concerns.
OLPA
Annual Fund Giving Levels:
Platinum Level Member at $1000
Gold Level Member at $500
Silver Member Level at $250
Bronze Level Member at $100
Family Member at $50
Individual Member at $35
Appropriate
recognition will be given to all donors at
various levels. Become
a Member
Newsletter Editor Jennifer Richardson
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Olmsted
Park makes a fine green space to walk, stroll
in
Atlanta by Fernbank and Druid Hills Golf
Club
By Sally Sears
 MOVING
ARTS AND CRAFTS
When
a car full of bookclub friends wanted to
stop reading and stroll in Atlanta's late
spring evenings, I offered a perfect site.
The freshly-restored Olmsted Linear Park,
along Ponce de Leon, boasts woods and meadows,
plus a safe stretch of good walking with
a few gentle hills.
Close
to Druid Hills Golf Club, beside Fernbank
Museum of Natural History, an historic sweep
of park lured us to the easternmost of the
parks created by landscape architect Frederick
Law Olmsted named Deepdene.
It
holds a broad expanse of woods, laced with
a creek and stitched with fresh trails made
carefully to look 100 years old. As if Frederick
Law Olmsted and his entire beard were woven
into the woods he left for Atlantans to enjoy.
We parked along North Ponce de Leon, near
Lakeshore Drive by the Fraser Center Woods.
Hiking into Deepdene, we passed great mansions
on the left, but our eyes were on the woods
& trails on the right. At the top of the
hill the park spreads out into a simple open
field. A new granite curb brakes the speed
of rainwater runoff. Soon we walked through
the grass to a curving bridge over the creek.
Friend Vicky Benedict wanted to know why the
water was so clear. I tried to remember every
detail landscape architect Spencer Tunnell
improved with the hydrology engineers working
on better water quality. Read
on... (PDF)
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Urban
Hikes: A zig-zag path through Olmsted Park
By Sally Sears
 Reprinted
courtesy of Atlanta INTown, December 2006
It’s always an adventure
to walk on Ponce de Leon Avenue. Best to
pick a good partner, and I did. George Ickes
is a rangy six-foot, five-inch neighbor
with secret weapons in the trunk of his
car.
A rainy night had left Ponce soggy when
we stepped off on a fall Tuesday morning.
I’d parked across the street from Druid
Hills Presbyterian Church, and we walked
toward Decatur, past the Majestic Diner,
where a woman at a window table nursed a
crossword puzzle and a cup of coffee. (She
did not smile. Must have forgotten a five-letter
word for ”facial improvement.”)
Read
on... (PDF)
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