Buffalo, New York parks system
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The Buffalo, New York, public parks and parkways system is the United States' oldest coordinated system of such recreational spaces,[citation needed] designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux between 1868 and 1896. It was inspired in large part by the parkland, boulevards, and squares of Paris, France.[1] It is on the National Register of Historic Places as the Delaware Park–Front Park System and is maintained by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Olmsted designed
- Parks:
- Bennett Place (later Bennett Park, lost)
- Cazenovia Park
- Day's Park
- The Park (now Delaware Park)
- The Front (now Front Park)
- The Parade (AKA Humboldt Park, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Park)
- Masten Place (lost)
- Riverside Park
- South Park
- The Terrace (lost)
- Park approaches:
- Parkways:
- Bidwell Parkway
- Chapin Parkway
- Fillmore Avenue
- Humboldt Parkway (lost)
- Lincoln Parkway
- South Side Parkway (now McKinley Parkway)
- Porter Avenue
- Red Jacket Parkway
- The Avenue (now Richmond Avenue)
- Circles:
- Agassiz Place (now Agassiz Circle)
- Bidwell Place (now Colonial Circle)
- Ferry Circle
- Chapin Place (now Gates Circle)
- Woodside Circle (now McClellan Circle)
- McKinley Circle (only partly constructed, finally completed in 2002)
- Soldier's Place (now Soldier's Circle)
- The Circle (now Symphony Circle)
- Parkways:
References
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External links
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
- Olmsted and Vaux in Buffalo, New York
- Olmsted in Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo as an Architectural Museum, "Municipal Parks and City Planning: Frederick Law Olmsted's Buffalo Park and Parkway System," by Francis R. Kowsky, Reprinted with permission from the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, March 1987.
- The Best Planned City An online film about Frederick Law Olmsted and the Buffalo Park System
- New York Heritage - Buffalo Olmsted Parks Postcards & Stereoviews
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