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The Olmsted City cover The Olmsted City - The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: Plan for the 21st Century

For the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy by Robert G. Shibley and Lynda H. Schneekloth, editors, developed with the consulting support of The Urban Design Project. (2007)

ISBN 10: 1-931612-19-6

ISBN 13: 978-1-931612-19-7

Below you can find the final printer friendly version of The System Plan for the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservency. The plan was adopted by the Conservancy in January of 2008. There are also restoration plans on 11x17 page sizes for download. Each of the downloads are in a PDF format.

The Olmsted City has won the following awards:

2009 Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Awards - “The Region: Metropolis, City, and Town” CNU Award Note: The Olmsted City is part of Buffalo's Comprehensive Plan and the Queen City Planning Series.

2009 Preservation League of New York State Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards - “Publications”

2008 American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) NY Upstate Chapter Awards - “Planning and Analysis Honor of Excellence Award”

The Systen Plan Download (6.2.08)

> The System Plan Web page