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Landscape Into Cityscape: Buffalo’s Pioneering Park System

By Francis Kowsky - October 15, 2013

Thanks to the ground-breaking ideas of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the beautiful Buffalo park and parkway system was the first of its kind in the world.

The full content is available in the Fall 2013 Issue.

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