M. Paul Friedberg—a pioneering landscape architect, artist, planner, and educator—died on February 15 at age 93. News of Friedberg’s passing was shared by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF).
Charles Birnbaum, TCLF president and CEO, interned for Friedberg in the 1980s, and the pair had been close ever since. In describing Friedberg’s legacy, Birnbaum said the late visionary was “serious about the idea of child’s play and an unrepentant believer in the virtue of cities when U.S. cities were at their nadir.”
Friedberg was renowned for his tenure at City College, where he established the Urban Landscape Architecture program. He’s also remembered for his work at public
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