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Olmsted Park and Parkway System
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in Buffalo, NY
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The Olmsted Park and Parkway System is listed on the National Register of Historic Properties and is a designated Local Historic District. See Historic Districts (below) for more information
By contract with the City of Buffalo, maintenance of the Buffalo Olmsted Park System is undertaken by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (online March 2015). See also the Conservancy's Buffalo Olmsted Park System: Plan for the 21st Century (online March 2015).
The Olmsted Park and Parkway System is comprised of Parks, Parkways, Avenues, and Circles
| Parks | Parkways | Avenues | Circles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Park (The Park)Front Park (The Front)Martin Luther King, Jr. Park (The Parade; Humboldt Park)Cazenovia ParkRiverside ParkSouth Park Bennett Park | Bidwell ParkwayCazenovia Parkway Chapin ParkwayHumboldt Parkway (lost) Lincoln ParkwayMcKinley Parkway Red Jacket Parkway | "Fillmore Avenue was actually built in 1873. It was 200 ft wide, had RR crossings at grade level, many taverns and business as well as livestock. The business owners were asked to cleanup the area to make it a nice residential area, similar to Richmond Ave, but they declined." - Martha Neri, Jan. 2019 Porter Avenue Richmond Avenue (The Avenue) | Colonial Circle (Bidwell Place)Ferry Street CircleGates Circle(Chapin Place) South Park Circle McKinley CircleMcClellan Circle Soldier's Circle (Soldier's Place) Symphony Circle (The Circle) |
Buffalo Park and Parkway System
Survey of Buffalo's Olmsted Parks Summer 1979 For National Register of Historic Places Nomination
The Best Planned City: The Olmsted Legacy in Buffalo5 essays. 1992 Burchfield Penney Art Center catalog reprint:
Charles Schuyler, Cityscape and Parkscape
Jack Quinan, A Wright House in an Olmsted Landscape
Charles Beveridge, Buffalo's Park and Parkway System S. M. Broderick, Olmsted Parks in Buffalo
Anthony O. James, List of All Buildings in the Olmsted Parks
Francis R. Kowsky, Municipal Parks and City Planning: Frederick Law Olmsted's Buffalo Park and Parkway System
Jennifer Walkowski, The Olmsted Parkway System and the Suburbanization of Buffalo
Frederick Law Olmsted Essay posted on the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Web site
1871-1892 Buffalo Park Commissioners Annual Reports1896 Buffalo Map
Olmsted Courtesy of Lee Oprea
Vaux
Historic Districts
State and National: The Olmsted Park and Parkways System was listed in the National Register of Historic Properties, March 30, 1982.State and National: Nominations (text, photos)
Click on "Basic Criteria" and pull down "County" to " Erie."
Then click on "Results."State and National: National Register of Historic Places: Erie County
Official listing
Local: A Designated Local Preservation District, approved October 1, 1985, by the City of Buffalo Common Council
Buffalo Historic Districts, in general:
- Brief Description of the Different Kinds of Historic Districts and Landmarks
- LOCAL Historic Districts - Table of Contents
- STATE and NATIONAL Historic Districts - Table of Contents
- List of Addresses in the City of Buffalo Local Historic Districts
- Jeffrey Chou, MAP - Local Preservation Districts
- Historic Districts in Buffalo, NY - With Links to Buffalo as an Architectural Museum
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