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If you’re looking for a unique and scenic location for your next party, meeting, a wedding or other ceremony; consider one of the venues in the Olmsted Parks.
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Olmsted parks are not difficult to find in Buffalo. We have one of our 6 major parks in virtuallly every neighborhood in the city. |
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Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get your hands dirty helping the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy in its mission to maintain the historic Olmsted parks in Buffalo. We have need for gardeners, tree planters, and office help too! |
Welcome!Welcome to the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy website. Scroll down for comprehensive information about our projects and events. Scajaquada Creek Autumn Sweep
Saturday September 24th, 9:00 a.m., held once again by the Grant Amherst Business Association and Scajaquada Canoe Club in conjunction with Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper. Picnic to follow. To sign up call Riverkeeper at 852-7483.
 
The Frederick Law Olmsted Legacy mural at McKinley High School is complete. Make sure you stop by to admire this wonderful addition to our city's public art. Check out the Artvoice interview with Augustina Droze, mural artist. The mural is part of the Jesse Kregal Pathway Improvement Project. Read more. We hope you will consider a visit to Buffalo’s Olmsted Park System, the nation’s first park and parkway system. This 19th century living landscape masterpiece, designed by the pre-eminent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and his partners, provides visitors today with a glimpse into the genius created by these landscape design masters. Found lacing throughout the city, the 1200- acre Olmsted parklands are connected along shady avenues and parkways linking together six major parks. Punctuated by planted traffic circles, the parkway system invites urban dwellers to step outside their homes and walk to a nearby park under the shade of mature trees, Buffalo’s “green lungs.” The Olmsted Parks are at the heart of a proven restoration strategy that builds healthy communities and healthy citizens. The parks and parkways are host to numerous festivals, walks, athletic competitions, golf, boating, music, and play. The great majority of the park users are there to simply relax and enjoy. The Olmsted landscapes form the setting for much of the city’s vibrant cultural life; live outdoor music, free Shakespeare performances, the Kleinhans Music Hall, the art collections of the Albright Knox Art Gallery and the new Burchfield Penny Art Center, the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, the Buffalo Museum of Science, the Darwin Martin House and the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Garden. Graced by many important public artworks, the parks are a veritable outdoor museum for all to enjoy, free of charge. Managed by the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy since 2004 through a cutting edge public/private partnership with the city of Buffalo, the parks are carefully tended by skilled landscape technicians, staff, interns, volunteers, and job training program participants. Restoration of the parks and parkways is guided by an award-winning master plan, the Olmsted City, Buffalo’s Olmsted Parks Plan for the 21st Century. The plan promotes sustainable management of the park landscapes, restoring them to Olmsted’s original vision while meeting the contemporary recreational needs of the park user. We thank our radio partner WUFO A.M.Contact the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy at:84 Parkside Ave, Buffalo, New York, 14214; call us at 716-838-1249
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| In the late 1800s, visionary citizens brought Olmsted to Buffalo. It was here that Olmsted, inspired by Joseph Ellicott's radial street layout, designed his first system of parks and parkways, and proclaimed Buffalo to be "the best designed city in the country, if not the world." During the 1901 Pan American Exposition, Buffalo was celebrated not only as the City of Light, but the City of Trees. |
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