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The best planned city in the world : Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo park system
- Title
- The best planned city in the world : Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo park system / Francis R. Kowsky.
- Author
- Kowsky, Francis R., 1943-
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press ; Library of American Landscape History, [2013]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Library of American Landscape History.
- Description
- xiii, 253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Designing the American park
- Alternative Title
- Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo park system
- Subject
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
- Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
- Parks > New York (State) > Buffalo > History > 19th century
- Parks > New York (State) > Buffalo > Design and construction > History > 19th century
- City planning > New York (State) > Buffalo > History > 19th century
- Landscape design > New York (State) > Buffalo > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface / Ethan Carr -- Introduction: Olmsted and Vaux and the Progress of the American Park Movement -- The Creation of the Park System -- The Making of the Park -- The Front and Prospect Place -- The Parade -- Parkways, Circles, and Squares -- Parkside, Buffalo State Hospital, and Smaller Parks -- The Emancipation of Niagara -- South Park, Cazenovia Park, and Riverside Park -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFF 13-1365
- ISBN
- 9781625340061 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 1625340060 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2012047390
- OCLC
- 821203429
- Author
- Kowsky, Francis R., 1943-
- Title
- The best planned city in the world : Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo park system / Francis R. Kowsky.
- Publisher
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press ; Library of American Landscape History, [2013]
- Series
- Designing the American park
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Library of American Landscape History.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 13-1365