Paving Paradise

2021-10-12T04:51:43+00:00

 Paving Paradise


Article by Kerry Traynor, extracted from “Remembering America’s Lost Buildings” at Rawstory.com

It might seem odd to lament the loss of a roadway; but Humboldt Parkway wasn’t just a road, it was an urban oasis of green parkland – a crucial component of a much larger park and parkway system.

In 1868, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted arrived in Buffalo, New York to design a park for the city.

Instead, he created a […]

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