Delaware Park–Front Park System
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The Delaware Park–Front Park System is a historic, Olmsted-designed network of parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, recognized for its significant role in American landscape architecture and urban planning.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district
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park and parkway system → urban park system → |
| architecturalStyle |
pastoral landscape design
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picturesque landscape design → |
| country |
United States
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| designer |
Calvert Vaux
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Frederick Law Olmsted → |
| genre |
landscape architecture
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| hasCulturalSignificance |
model for comprehensive city park systems in the United States
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| hasPart |
Bidwell Parkway
NERFINISHED
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Chapin Parkway NERFINISHED → Delaware Park → Front Park → Lincoln Parkway NERFINISHED → Porter Avenue NERFINISHED → Richmond Avenue → The Parade (now Martin Luther King Jr. Park) – historically related component → The Parkways (Buffalo, New York) → |
| hasUse |
public open space
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recreation → scenic drives → |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places historic district → |
| heritageDesignationAppliesToPart |
Delaware Park
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Front Park → |
| inception |
1870s
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| locatedIn |
Buffalo, New York
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Erie County, New York NERFINISHED → New York State → |
| maintainedBy |
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
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| namedAfter |
Delaware Park
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| notableFor |
Olmsted-designed park and parkway network
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influence on later American park systems → |
| operator |
City of Buffalo
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| partOf |
Buffalo Olmsted Park System
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Buffalo park and parkway system → |
| planningConcept |
integrated system of parks and parkways
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| significance |
important example of 19th-century urban planning
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important example of American landscape architecture → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Buffalo park and parkway system
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heritageDesignationAppliesToPart |