Humboldt Parkway

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Humboldt Parkway is a historic, tree-lined boulevard in Buffalo, New York, originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of the city’s interconnected park and parkway system.

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Humboldt Parkway canonical 3
Bidwell Parkway 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic boulevard
parkway
associatedWith American landscape architecture
City Beautiful movement
surface form: city beautiful movement
connects Delaware Park
Martin Luther King Jr. Park (Buffalo, New York)
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr. Park
country United States of America
designer Calvert Vaux
Frederick Law Olmsted
eraOfDesign 19th century
hasCharacteristic historic
residential boulevard
tree-lined
hasCulturalSignificance important to Buffalo’s urban identity
symbol of Olmsted’s vision in Buffalo
hasCurrentIssues debate over restoration of parkway
impact of expressway construction on neighborhood
hasFeature central landscaped median
flanking service roads
park-like setting
hasFunction recreational corridor
residential thoroughfare
scenic connector between parks
hasLandscapeStyle picturesque landscape design
hasSectionReplacedBy Kensington Expressway
hasTransportationMode automobile traffic
bicycle use
pedestrian use
hasVegetation street trees
heritageDesignation listed contributing property to a historic district
influencedBy Olmstedian parkway principles
isExampleOf historic American parkway design
integrated park and transportation corridor
isPartOfPlanningConcept Buffalo park and parkway system
surface form: Olmsted parkway network in Buffalo

interconnected park and parkway system
locatedIn Buffalo
surface form: Buffalo, New York

Erie County, New York
New York
surface form: New York State
namedAfter Alexander von Humboldt
originalName Humboldt Parkway self-link
partOf Buffalo park and parkway system
surface form: Buffalo Olmsted park and parkway system

Buffalo park and parkway system
roadType urban boulevard
urbanContext East Side of Buffalo

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Buffalo park and parkway system hasPart Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo park and parkway system hasPart Humboldt Parkway
this entity surface form: Bidwell Parkway
The Parade associatedWith Humboldt Parkway
Humboldt Parkway originalName Humboldt Parkway self-link