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Calvert Vaux and the Architecture of Buffalo's Parks
By Francis R. Kowsky

Reprinted, with permission, from The Best Planned City: The Olmsted Legacy in Buffalo
Pub. by The Burchfield Art Center, 1992

This essay accompanied the Burchfield Art Center exhibition
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designs for Buffalo's Parks and Parkways, 1868-1898
November 8-January 5, 1992

Note: The "Notes" (bibliography) page is not reprinted.



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The Park boat house

The Park boat house

Parade House

Refectory Plan for The Parade

Spire House in The Park

South bank in The Park

Covered seat in The Park

Gala Water bridge

Delaware Avenue viaduct


Farmstead in The Park

Proposed Niagara Square memorial arch

Lake View house in The Front



Special thanks to the Burchfield Penny Art Center staff, especially Registrar Scott Propeack and Assistant Registrar Mary Helen Miskuly, for their cooperation
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