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Map: Frederick Law Olmsted's Park System for Buffalo


1876 map of Buffalo by Frederick Law Olmsted showing the park and parkway system overlaid on Ellicott’s 1804 street plan.
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Title

Map: Frederick Law Olmsted's Park System for Buffalo

Description

Map of Buffalo, NY detailing park system proposed by Frederick Law Olmstead in 1804.
Map of Buffalo from 1876 designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, showing the city’s original park and parkway system in relation to Joseph Ellicott’s 1804 street grid. The map includes outlined streets, shaded areas representing parks, and connecting parkways. The map is framed with a decorative border featuring floral patterns.

Source

Francis Kowsky. The Best Planned City The Olmsted Legacy in Buffalo, (Buffalo, N.Y., 1992, Fig.7.)

Date

1992-00-00

Rights

Type

Image
Book illustrations, Clippings, Technical illustrations

Identifier

LIB-005_0123

Coverage

Buffalo (N.Y.)

Alternative Title

Buffalo Architecture at the Time of the Pan-American Exposition

Is Part Of

Illuminations: Revisiting the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901

Citation

“Map: Frederick Law Olmsted's Park System for Buffalo,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 24, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/94886.