Buffalo, New York parks system

The Buffalo, New York public parks and parkways system is the United States' oldest coordinated system of such recreational spaces, 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 cite web | author=Francis R. Kowsky | year=1987 | title=Municipal Parks and City Planning: Frederick LawOlmsted's Buffalo Park and Parkway System | url=http://preserve.bfn.org/bam/kowsky/kowold/ | work= [http://preserve.bfn.org/bam/kowsky/ BFN.ORG] | accessdate=15 July | accessyear=2006] . It is currently on the National Register of Historic Places and is maintained by the [http://www.buffaloolmsteadparks.org Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy] .

Olmsted designed

*Parks:
**Bennett Place (later Bennett Park, now 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)

References

External links

* [http://www.buffaloolmstedparks.org/ Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy]
* [http://ah.bfn.org/a/archs/ov/hp.html Olmsted and Vaux in Buffalo, New York]
* [http://www.geocities.com/heartland/7172/index.htm Olmsted in Buffalo, New York]