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Favorite Parks Designed by Olmsted

Buffalo Park System

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Designed and built between 1868 and 1896, Olmsted's parks in Buffalo, New York make up one of the designer's largest bodies of work as well as America’s oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways.

From: Olmsted “Paints With Lakes” | Summer 2023, Volume: 68, No: 4

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