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Olmsted Parks

This gallery showcases some of the images that will be found in an upcoming book by Buffalo State College's SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Francis R. Kowsky.

The book, entitled, "The Best Planned City in the World: Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo Park System" will be published by the Library of American Landscape History in 2013.

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  • Thomas Moran, <i>In the Woods on Goat Island</i>, c.1879. Woodcut.
  • The lake in South Park with wild island in the distance. Photograph by F. Kowsky, 1991.
  • F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, 1888 South Park Plan. From F.L. and J.C. Olmsted, <i>The Projected Park and Parkways on the South Side of Buffalo. Two Reports by the Landscape Architects</i>.
  • Lincoln Parkway with its canopy of American elms. Anonymous photograph, c.1945.
  • Olmsted's plan for The Circle (present Symphony Circle), 1874. From 5 <i>ARBPC</i> (1875).
  • Humboldt Parkway. Anonymous photograph, c. 1910.
  • The Circle (Symphony Circle), c. 1890.
  • F.L. and J.C. Olmsted's plan for Masten Place, 1887. From 3 <i>ARBPC</i> (1888). Courtesy author.
  • Day's Park, c. 1900.
  • E.L. Holmes (architect): Lake View House, 1882. Front Park.
  • Detail of "Olmsted's Sketch Map of Buffalo," 1881, showing Parkside.
  • Delaware Park Lake ("Gala Water"), c. 1910.
  • North Meadow Drive in Delaware Park, c. 1910.
  • Charles Sumner, "North meadow Drive, Delaware Park," 1886. From Sumner's <i>Inklings of Buffalo</i>.
  • Anonymous sketch of Delaware Park lake showing Forest Lawn cemetery in distance, c. 1890.
  • Boaters on Delaware Park lake. Anonymous photograph, c. 1910.
  • Delaware Park Lake. Photograph by Detroit Publishing Company, c. 1900.
  • The Circle (Symphony Circle). Anonymous photograph, c. 1900.
  • Patients worked the large fields that were located in the northern section of the grounds behind the hospital buildings. Anonymous photograph, 1890s. Courtesy Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
  • Delaware Park meadow with sheep, c. 1890.
  • Lincoln Parkway. Anonymous photograph, c. 1910.
  • "Olmsted's Sketch Map of Buffalo," Buffalo: Matthews Northrup, 1881.
  • Buffalo Psychiatric Center, plan of grounds, c.1870, by Olmsted and Vaux.
  • Delaware Park, quarry garden (destroyed), c. 1900.
  • F.L. & J.C. Olmsted's plan for Masten Place, 1887. From 18 <i>ARBPC</i> (1888).
  • F.L. & J.C. Olmsted's plan for Bennett Place, 1887. From 18 <i>ARBPC</i> (1888).
  • Delaware Avenue above North Street, c. 1890.
  • Richmond Avenue, c. 1890.
  • F.L. & J.C. Olmsted, 1888 South Park Plan. From F.L. and J.C. Olmsted, <i>The Projected Park and Parkways on the South Side of Buffalo. Two Reports by the Landscape Architects.
  • Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, c. 1910.
  • Lafayette Square, c. 1900.
  • Map of Niagara River, c. 1920.
  • Albright Art Gallery, 1912.
 
  • Map of Niagara River, c. 1920.

    Map of Niagara River, c. 1920.

  • Albright Art Gallery, 1912.

    Albright Art Gallery, 1912.

 
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