Buffalo park and parkway system

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historic district park and parkway system urban park system

The Buffalo park and parkway system is a historic, integrated network of urban parks and tree-lined boulevards in Buffalo, New York, recognized as one of the earliest and most influential examples of comprehensive city park planning in the United States.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district → park and parkway system → urban park system →
architecturalStyle	pastoral landscape design → picturesque landscape design →
country	United States →
designedBy	Calvert Vaux → Frederick Law Olmsted →
hasPart	Bidwell Parkway → Chapin Parkway → Delaware Park → Front Park → Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) → Humboldt Parkway → Lake at Front Park → Lincoln Parkway → Meadow in Delaware Park → Porter Avenue → Rumsey Woods → Soldiers and Sailors Monument area → The Parade → The Parkside neighborhood parkways →
hasUse	cultural events → recreation → scenic drives → transportation corridors →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → National Register of Historic Places historic district →
heritageDesignationAppliesToPart	Cazenovia Park–South Park System → Delaware Park–Front Park System →
heritageDesignationStartTime	1982 → 1986 →
inception	1868 →
influenced	later urban park systems in the United States →
influencedBy	19th-century landscape architecture movement →
inspiredBy	Central Park in New York City →
locatedIn	Buffalo, New York → Erie County, New York →
maintainedBy	Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy → City of Buffalo →
partOf	Olmsted park systems in the United States →
planningPrinciple	integration of parks with tree-lined boulevards → scenic drives connecting major parks → separation of passive and active recreation areas → use of curvilinear roads and naturalistic landscapes →
recognizedAs	one of the most complete Olmsted-designed park systems →
significance	one of the earliest comprehensive city park systems in the United States → one of the first integrated networks of parks and parkways in an American city →
state	New York →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Delaware Park → Delaware Park ("Olmsted park and parkway system of Buffalo") → Delaware Park–Front Park System → Delaware Park–Front Park System ("Buffalo Olmsted Park System") → Front Park → Front Park ("Buffalo Olmsted Parks system") → Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) ("Buffalo Olmsted Park and Parkway System") → Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) ("Buffalo park system") → Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) ("Buffalo’s Olmsted parks network") → Humboldt Parkway → Humboldt Parkway ("Buffalo Olmsted park and parkway system") → Lake at Front Park → Porter Avenue → Porter Avenue ("Buffalo Olmsted Parks & Parkways historic district") → Rumsey Woods ("Buffalo’s historic park and parkway system") → The Parade → The Parade ("Buffalo Olmsted Parks & Parkways system") → The Parkside neighborhood parkways →	partOf
Calvert Vaux → Frederick Law Olmsted ("Buffalo Park and Parkway System") → Olmsted, Vaux & Co. →	notableWork
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy ("Buffalo Olmsted park and parkway system") → Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy ("Cazenovia Park (Buffalo, New York)") →	manages
The Parkside neighborhood parkways ("Olmsted parkways in Buffalo") →	associatedWith
Porter Avenue ("Olmsted park and parkway system of Buffalo") →	formsPartOf
Buffalo park and parkway system ("Cazenovia Park–South Park System") →	heritageDesignationAppliesToPart
Soldiers and Sailors Monument area ("Buffalo park and parkway landscape") →	isPartOf
Humboldt Parkway ("Olmsted parkway network in Buffalo") →	isPartOfPlanningConcept