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Architect who shaped playful city landscapes dies at 93
M Paul Friedberg, a Brooklyn born landscape architect famed for dramatic playgrounds, including Riis Park Plaza in 1966, Pershing Park, and other urban spaces, died Feb 15 in Manhattan at age 93 from covid complications. Born 1931, he founded M Paul Friedberg and Partners and taught urban landscape design at CCNY.
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M. Paul Friedberg
New York
Manhattan
Covid
Dorit Shahar
Riis Park Plaza
Lower East Side
Friedberg
Cultural Landscape Foundation
Minneapolis
Peavey Plaza
Pershing Park
White House
John J. Pershing
Lower Manhattan
Battery Park City
World Financial Center Plaza
Walt Whitman
Frank O’hara
Pennsylvania
Jacob Riis
Brooke Astor
Public Works
Robert Moses
San Francisco
Ellen Perry Berkeley
Fordham University
Yerba Buena Gardens
Moscone Center
Riis
United States
Olympic Plaza
Calgary
Canada
Alberta
Queen's Square
Yokohama
Japan
DLF
New Delhi
Chicago
Marvin Paul Friedberg
Brooklyn
Winfield
Middletown
Cornell University
M. Paul
City College of New York
American Institute of Architects
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