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He came to America in 1886 for the refurbishment of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York City. The park was overgown and his plan was to create a number of vistas where the entirety of the large park would be visible. That plan would have necessitated the removal of a large number of trees, which proved unacceptable to the community. As a result Johnson was terminated from the project. A recommendation in 1887 by New York florist Peter Henderson convinced Joel Hurt to bring Johnson to Atlanta to work on his Streetcar Suburb , Inman Park . Johnson went to Atlanta and he spent the next five years there. He joined Hurt again for Piedmont Park . In 1891, he designed Latta Park in Charlotte, North Carolina . He was married to Francis Clark Johnson and they had three children: Roy Albert Johnson (1886–1939), Cecil Forsyth Johnson (1887–1951), and Edwina Johnson Mundy (1891–1969). Finally Johnson moved back to England where he stayed until the end of his life. WRITINGS
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