Porter Avenue

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Porter Avenue is a historic, Olmsted-designed boulevard in Buffalo, New York, that forms part of the city’s landmark park and parkway system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic boulevard
parkway
street
associatedWith Olmsted, Vaux & Co.
connectsTo Columbus Park (formerly Prospect Park, Buffalo)
Front Park
Kleinhans Music Hall vicinity
Niagara Street NERFINISHED
Richmond Avenue NERFINISHED
dateOfDesign late 19th century
designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
formsPartOf Olmsted park and parkway system of Buffalo
hasCharacteristic historic streetscape
residential frontage
tree-lined
hasDirection east–west orientation
hasFunction scenic parkway
urban thoroughfare
hasHeritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a historic district
hasTransportationUse bicycle circulation
motor vehicle traffic
pedestrian circulation
hasUrbanRole link between waterfront and interior neighborhoods of Buffalo
isComponentOf Buffalo’s historic landscape architecture network
locatedIn Buffalo, New York
Erie County, New York NERFINISHED
New York State
United States
maintainedBy City of Buffalo NERFINISHED
namedAfter Peter B. Porter
near Lake Erie waterfront
Peace Bridge
partOf Buffalo Olmsted Parks & Parkways historic district
Buffalo park and parkway system
Buffalo’s radial and parkway street plan conceived by Olmsted

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Buffalo park and parkway system
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