COMMUNITY BY DESIGN FILM PREMIERE ROCKS THE ARSENAL
A late-October premiere of the latest LALH film, Community by Design: The Olmsted Firm and the Development of Brookline, Massachusetts, drew a celebratory crowd at the historic Arsenal building in New York’s Central Park. An online September campaign raised funds to underwrite the film. Thank you to all you made contributions!
![Guests mingle at the Arsenal](https://lalh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_3310.jpg)
Based on the LALH book of the same title, the twelve-minute film tells the story of how the firm founded by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. guided the development of Brookline, which proved to be a design laboratory for the many other American suburbs and towns. A lecture by the book’s lead author, Keith Morgan, and a reception followed the screening.
![Keith Morgan speaks to the crowd](https://lalh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_3389.jpg)
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the Central Park Conservancy co-hosted the premiere with LALH. LALH films are available to view, free of charge, at www.lalh.org/films. Community by Design will be posted in January 2015. Organizations or educators wishing to borrow a high-resolution DVD copy for screenings may email Jane Roy Brown.