Alexander Joseph Scholtes

Alexander Joseph Scholtes was born in South Boston to German immigrant parents. He became a designer with the Olmsted firm, contributing to its extensive portfolio with both designs and highly detailed drawings. Scholtes is remembered for his craftsmanship and for helping shape the representational legacy of the Olmsted practice.

/ Yaniv Korman

It was 2 AM, and I was still scrolling through thousands of digitized drawings in the Olmsted archive on Flickr. Six hours in, my avocado toast sat half-eaten, but I couldn’t pull myself away. These hand-drawn plans were so much more alive than the sterile digital renderings that I have gotten so used to seeing […]

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