Olmsted (Frederick Law) is hired by the Boston Park Commissioners.

(Dec.) Although not his idea, Olmsted is subsequently credited with creating the string of parks and parkways in Boston that comes to be called the Emerald Necklace. In 1893, despite his other work throughout the U.S., Olmsted writes to his partners, “Nothing else compares in importance to us with the Boston work. Twenty years hence you will be looking back to Muddy River as I do to Central Park. . . I would have you decline any business that would stand in the way of doing the best for Boston all the time.” After his retirement in September 1895, Olmsted’s firm, with his sons in charge, continues to work on the project, until it is taken over by the Boston Parks Department in 1897.