Riverside's Fairmount Park's design was done by the Olmstead Brothers in 1911, sons of the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead, who designed New York's Central Park. Fairmount Park, originally 30 acres, is now over 200 acres, and is unique for a California park in that it has several lakes.

Why was Fairmount Park created?

Fairmount Park was developed in the nineteenth century in an effort to protect Philadelphia's public water supply and to preserve extensive green spaces within a rapidly industrializing cityscape.

Who designed FDR?

The park was built to the design of Olmsted Brothers, the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted and John Charles Olmsted in the early 20th century.