The Best Planned City in the World - Kowsky, Francis R
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Beginning in 1868, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux created a series of improvements for Buffalo, New York, augmenting the city's original plan with urban design features inspired by Second Empire Paris, including the first system of "parkways" to grace an American city. In his award-winning book, Francis R. Kowsky delves into original plans, drawings, photographs, reports, and letters to bring new perspective to the visionary design and planning principles that Olmsted and Vaux pioneered.

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Beginning in 1868, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux created a series of improvements for Buffalo, New York, augmenting the city's original plan with urban design features inspired by Second Empire Paris, including the first system of "parkways" to grace an American city. In his award-winning book, Francis R. Kowsky delves into original plans, drawings, photographs, reports, and letters to bring new perspective to the visionary design and planning principles that Olmsted and Vaux pioneered.
Autorenporträt
FRANCIS R. KOWSKY is State University of New York Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts emeritus at Buffalo State College, SUNY, Buffalo, and author of Country, Park, and City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux. He is currently writing a book on the landscape architecture of Calvert Vaux for LALH.