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, 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. It is on the National Register of Historic Places
and is maintained by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, public parks and parkways system
Park system
A park system, also known as an open space system, is a network of open spaces which are connected by public walkways, bridleways or cycleways. In modern landscape practice, the park system concept is being overtaken by the idea of planning greenways which run through urban and rural areas.One of...
is the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
' oldest coordinated system of such recreational spaces, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was an American journalist, social critic, public administrator, and landscape designer. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture, although many scholars have bestowed that title upon Andrew Jackson Downing...
and Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux , was an architect and landscape designer. He is best remembered as the co-designer , of New York's Central Park....
between 1868 and 1896. It was inspired in large part by the parkland, boulevards, and squares of Paris, France. It is on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
and is maintained by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
Olmsted designed
- Parks:
- Bennett Place (later Bennett Park, lost)
- Cazenovia ParkCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
- Day's ParkAllentown Historic District (Buffalo, New York)Allentown Historic District in the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo, New York is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980....
- The Park (now Delaware Park)
- The Front (now Front Park)
- The ParadeMartin Luther King, Jr. ParkMartin Luther King, Jr. Park, originally "The Parade" and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. Located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue, it is an individual park designed in 1874 by Frederick Law Olmsted and originally connected...
(AKA Humboldt ParkMartin Luther King, Jr. ParkMartin Luther King, Jr. Park, originally "The Parade" and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. Located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue, it is an individual park designed in 1874 by Frederick Law Olmsted and originally connected...
, now Martin Luther King, Jr. ParkMartin Luther King, Jr. ParkMartin Luther King, Jr. Park, originally "The Parade" and after 1896, Humboldt Park, is a historic park located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. Located in east Buffalo and bisected by Fillmore Avenue, it is an individual park designed in 1874 by Frederick Law Olmsted and originally connected...
) - Masten Place (lost)
- Riverside ParkRiverside Park (Buffalo, New York)Riverside Park is a historic park located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. Riverside Park may be related. Located in northwest Buffalo, it is an individual park designed by the Olmsted Architectural Firm in 1898 after Frederick Law Olmsted's retirement. It is on a site on a bluff...
- South ParkCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
- The Terrace (lost)
- Park approaches:
- Parkways:
- Bidwell Parkway
- Chapin Parkway
- Fillmore Avenue
- Humboldt ParkwayNew York State Route 33New York State Route 33 is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. The route extends for just under from NY 5 in Buffalo in the west to NY 31 in Rochester in the east. It is, in fact, the only state highway that directly connects both cities, although...
(lost) - Lincoln Parkway
- South Side ParkwayCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
(now McKinley ParkwayCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
) - Porter Avenue
- Red Jacket ParkwayCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
- The Avenue (now Richmond Avenue)
- Circles:
- Agassiz Place (now Agassiz Circle)
- Bidwell Place (now Colonial Circle)
- Ferry Circle
- Chapin Place (now Gates Circle)
- Woodside CircleCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
(now McClellan CircleCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
) - McKinley CircleCazenovia Park-South Park SystemCazenovia Park-South Park System is a historic park system located in the South Buffalo neighborhood at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. The interconnected set of parkways and parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of his parks plan for the city of Buffalo.The system consists of the...
(only partly constructed, finally completed in 2002) - Soldier's Place (now Soldier's Circle)
- The Circle (now Symphony Circle)
- Parkways:
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.