The best planned city in the world [electronic resource] : Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo park system / Francis R. Kowsky.
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TextSeries: Designing the American parkPublication details: Amherst : Library of American Landscape History, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN: - 9781613762615
- 1613762615
- Landscape design -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History -- 19th century
- City planning -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History -- 19th century
- Parks -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Design and construction -- History -- 19th century
- Parks -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History -- 19th century
- Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
- 333.78/3097471 23
- SB482.N72 B83 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / Ethan Carr -- Introduction: Olmsted and Vaux and the Progress of the American Park Movement -- The Creation of the Park System -- The Making of the Park -- The Front and Prospect Place -- The Parade -- Parkways, Circles, and Squares -- Parkside, Buffalo State Hospital, and Smaller Parks -- The Emancipation of Niagara -- South Park, Cazenovia Park, and Riverside Park -- Epilogue.
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