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A Wright House in an Olmsted Landscape
By Jack Quinan

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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Broadacre City plan

Willits House

Willits House plan

Martin House

Riverside plan

Robie House

Martin House

Martin House

Martin House


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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