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The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: City Plan for the 21St Century Olmsted the The The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: City Plan for the 21st Century Olmsted The The The Olmsted City The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: Plan for the 21st Century Thomas Herrera-Mishler, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WWW.BUFFALOOLMSTEDPARKS.ORG Byron W. Brown, Chris Collins, MAYOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE WWW.CITY-BUFFALO.COm WWW.ERIE.GOV January 2008 The Olmsted City The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: Plan for the 21st Century Edited by Robert G. Shibley and Lynda H. Schneekloth DEVELOPED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF: Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy City of Buffalo County of Erie On January 31, 2003, the Mayor of Buffalo declared the DEVELOPED WITH THE CONSULTING SUPPORT OF: city to be “The Olmsted City” The Urban Design Project, University at Buffalo, State University of New York FRONT COVER IMAGE: The White Oak Tree in the WITH Delaware Park Meadow Trowbridge and Wolf, Landscape Architects Wendel Duchscherer, Architects and Engineers BACK COVER IMAGE: The Humboldt Basin in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park from WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM: the Buffalo and Erie County The Center for Computation Research, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Historical Society image collection Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts WITH GENEROUS FUNDING FROM: The John R. Oishei Foundation WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM: Baird Foundation Jake Schneider, Schneider Design Architects The Urban Design Project Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Watson, Bennett, Colligan, Johnson & Schechter, LLP School of Architecture and Planning Former Erie County Legislator Judy Fisher Margaret L. Wendt Foundation Paul and Niscah Koessler City of Buffalo Erie County Legislator Lynn Marinelli County of Erie Corinne and Victor Rice The Urban Design Project School of Architecture and Planning The System Plan was completed by The Urban Design Project, School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, University at Buffalo, under the guidance of the Long Range Planning Committee and the Olmsted Advisory Council of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks State University of New York Conservancy. The proposed designs build on the history of planning for the parks. Past plans commissioned by the City of 3435 Main Street Buffalo were supplemented by team and client charrettes and subsequent design development with community input. Cost Buffalo, NY 14214 estimating was done by Wendel Duchscherer, final artist renderings of the park plans were prepared by Trowbridge and Wolf, (716) 829-3485 ext 218 and system graphics were prepared by The Urban Design Project. All other graphics in the report without sources are from www.urbandesignproject.org The Urban Design Project or the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Plan for the 21st Century Table of Contents Preface Executive Summary . .1 Introduction . .5 The Origin of the Olmsted Park System . .7 Importance of Buffalo’s Olmsted Park System . .10 21st Century Park Issues . .13 Parks Heal Urban Ills and Contribute to the Wealth of Cities . .14 Parks, Cultural History, and Politics . .17 Layers of Cultural History . .17 Controversies Built into Parks . .22 From Parks to a Park System to ‘Green Infrastructure’ . .24 Taking Care of the Parks . .29 From Friends of Olmsted Parks to the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy . .29 Buffalo’s Olmsted Park System . .31 Restoring the Olmsted Park System . .31 Challenges and Restoration Opportunities . .32 Contemporary Use of the Olmsted Park System . .33 Guiding Principles for Restoration and Management of Buffalo’s Olmsted Park System . .35 Individual Parks: History and Recommendations . .38 Delaware Park . .39 Front Park . .52 Martin Luther King, Jr. Park . .62 South Park . .74 Cazenovia Park . .84 Riverside Park . .94 The Parkways, Circles and Small Spaces . .104 Connecting and Extending the Buffalo Olmsted Park System . .110 Making the Plan: The History of the Planning Process . .115 The Planning Process . .115 A Framework for Involvement . .116 Conservancy Board of Trustees . .116 Olmsted Advisory Council . .116 Past and Ongoing Meetings . .117 Public Meetings . .118 Meetings with City and County Officials . .120 Other Tools for Involvement . .120 Continued Participation . .120 Implementing The System Plan . .121 Introduction . .121 Capital Investment and Phasing Plan . .121 The Long Term Vision: The System Plan . .121 The Cost of Implementing the Plan . .121 The Cost Estimating Tool . .126 Table of Contents The Buffalo Olmsted Park System Short-Term Projects: The Five Year Plan . .126 Introduction . .126 Five Year Plan Program Development . .126 The Cost of Implementing the Five Year Plan . .129 Work Already Started . .131 Five Year Financial Plan . .131 Sources and Uses of Capital Funds . .131 Projected Changes in the Conservancy Operating Budget . .132 Land and Resource Management . .133 Historic Resources . .133 Natural Resources . .133 Visitor Experience Management . .136 Resource Interpretation Management . .137 Education . .137 Research . .138 Partnerships and Cooperation . .138 Primary Support Partners . .138 Secondary Support Partners . .140 Plan Adoption . .140 Relevant Environmental and Land Use Laws . .141 State Environmental Quality Review . .141 Historic Preservation Legislation . .141 Water-Related Permits . .141 Conclusions . .143 End.
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