Overview According to a report by the Environmental Planning Branch of
Caltrans,
Projects With the
Olmstead firm, Cook had worked on
Palos Verdes Estates, and the
Panama–California Exposition in
Balboa Park, San Diego, California. His other work included
Exposition Park in
Los Angeles, and other city parks in
Monrovia,
Anaheim, and
Fullerton, California. Cook also designed the original grounds of the
Beverly Hills Hotel, with
Elmer Grey as the architect. With
George Duffield Hall (1877–1961), Cook formed the firm Cook & Hall, Landscape Architects and City Planners. When
Ralph D. Cornell (1890–1972) joined it became Cook, Hall & Cornell (1924–1933). ==References==