Olmsted park and parkway movement

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landscape architecture movement urban planning movement

The Olmsted park and parkway movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century urban planning initiative led by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted that promoted interconnected systems of parks and tree-lined boulevards to bring nature into American cities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Como Park planning, St. Paul	1
Frederick Law Olmsted park system	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landscape architecture movement ⓘ urban planning movement ⓘ
appliedInCity	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas City NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisville NERFINISHED ⓘ Milwaukee NERFINISHED ⓘ Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork	environmental design ⓘ landscape architecture ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
hasGoal	bring nature into American cities ⓘ create interconnected systems of parks ⓘ develop tree-lined boulevards ⓘ enhance urban aesthetics ⓘ improve public health through access to green space ⓘ provide democratic access to recreation ⓘ
hasImpact	creation of comprehensive urban park systems ⓘ increased recognition of parks as urban infrastructure ⓘ model for later greenway networks ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	integration of parks with transportation corridors ⓘ interconnected park systems ⓘ parkways as linear parks ⓘ preservation of natural scenery ⓘ public access to waterfronts ⓘ scenic drives ⓘ separation of traffic types ⓘ
hasMainProponent	Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ John Charles Olmsted NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableExample	Brooklyn parkways around Prospect Park ⓘ Buffalo park and parkway system NERFINISHED ⓘ Emerald Necklace (Boston) NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisville park and parkway system NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle Olmsted parks and boulevards NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	20th-century landscape architecture ⓘ American urban planning ⓘ greenbelt planning ⓘ parkways in the United States ⓘ regional park systems ⓘ suburban parkway design ⓘ
influencedBy	City Beautiful movement NERFINISHED ⓘ English landscape garden tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ picturesque landscape design ⓘ
namedAfter	Frederick Law Olmsted NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amherst Street (Parkside segment) → associatedWith → Olmsted park and parkway movement ⓘ

H. W. S. Cleveland → notableWork → Olmsted park and parkway movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Como Park planning, St. Paul

Emerald Necklace Conservancy → relatedTo → Olmsted park and parkway movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick Law Olmsted park system