Calvert Vaux FAIA: Shaping the Soul of Central Park Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) stands as a titan amongst American landscape architects, his indelible mark etched onto the very fabric of New York City’s iconic Central Park. Born in London on December 20th, 1824, Vaux possessed an innate fascination with both architecture and horticulture—a confluence that would propel him to become one of the foremost designers of his era. His early appr…