Buffalo park and parkway system

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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 of America
surface form: United States
designedBy Calvert Vaux
Frederick Law Olmsted
hasPart Humboldt Parkway
surface form: 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
surface form: National Register of Historic Places historic district
heritageDesignationAppliesToPart Buffalo park and parkway system self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: Central Park in New York City
locatedIn Buffalo
surface form: Buffalo, New York

Erie County, New York
maintainedBy Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Buffalo
surface form: 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

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Calvert Vaux notableWork Buffalo park and parkway system
Buffalo park and parkway system heritageDesignationAppliesToPart Buffalo park and parkway system self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cazenovia Park–South Park System
Frederick Law Olmsted notableWork Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Park and Parkway System
The Parkside neighborhood parkways partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
The Parkside neighborhood parkways associatedWith Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Olmsted parkways in Buffalo
Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Park and Parkway System
Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo park system
Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo’s Olmsted parks network
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy manages Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted park and parkway system
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy manages Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Cazenovia Park (Buffalo, New York)
Rumsey Woods partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo’s historic park and parkway system
Delaware Park partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Delaware Park partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Olmsted park and parkway system of Buffalo
The Parade partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
The Parade partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Parks & Parkways system
Soldiers and Sailors Monument area isPartOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo park and parkway landscape
Front Park partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Front Park partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Parks system
Lake at Front Park partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Delaware Park–Front Park System partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Delaware Park–Front Park System partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Park System
Humboldt Parkway partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Humboldt Parkway partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted park and parkway system
Humboldt Parkway isPartOfPlanningConcept Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Olmsted parkway network in Buffalo
Porter Avenue partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Porter Avenue formsPartOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Olmsted park and parkway system of Buffalo
Porter Avenue partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Parks & Parkways historic district
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. notableWork Buffalo park and parkway system
Olmsted, Vaux & Co. designed Buffalo park and parkway system
Chapin Parkway partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Chapin Parkway partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted park and parkway system in Buffalo
Chapin Parkway partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Parks & Parkways historic system
Lincoln Parkway partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Lincoln Parkway partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted park and parkway system in Buffalo
Albright-Knox Art Gallery partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Parks and Parkways System
Amherst Street (Parkside segment) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Amherst Street (Parkside segment) designedAsPartOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted’s park and parkway system in Buffalo
Parkside neighborhood, Buffalo partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Olmsted park and parkway system of Buffalo
Riverside Park (Buffalo, New York) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Riverside Park (Buffalo, New York) isPartOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Parks system
Riverside Park (Buffalo, New York) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo’s park and parkway system
South Park (Buffalo, New York) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
Martin Luther King Jr. Park (Buffalo, New York) isPartOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: park and parkway system of Buffalo, New York
The Meadow isWithin Buffalo park and parkway system
subject surface form: The Meadow (Delaware Park)
this entity surface form: Buffalo Olmsted Parks system
Delaware Park Golf Course partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Buffalo parks and recreation system
The Parkways (Buffalo, New York) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
The Parkways (Buffalo, New York) heritageDesignation Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: National Historic Landmark (Buffalo Park and Parkway System)
The Parkways (Buffalo, New York) partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Buffalo park system
Richmond Avenue partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted park and parkway system in Buffalo