City Shaping: The Olmsteds & Louisville, Related Landscapes
This 4-acre, one block park, built on the site of an old pioneer cemetery, became Louisville’s first public park. Established as a park in 1880, it was transferred to Parks Commission management in 1890. The square was part of an 1891 plan...
Completed in 1892, Boone Square Park is one of the first public parks Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. designed in Louisville. Located in the Portland neighborhood, at 4 acres (one city block) it is one of the smaller Olmsted parks in the city. The...
In 1891 Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. addressed a small group of Louisville civic leaders, the Salmagundi Club, to further their interest in establishing a park system. The resulting commission created a network of parks and boulevards, one of five...
In 1891, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., addressed the Salmagundi Club, a small group of Louisville civic leaders, to further their interest in establishing a park system. The resulting commission created a network of parks and boulevards, one of...
In 1891, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., addressed the Salmagundi Club, a small group of Louisville civic leaders, to further their interest in establishing a park system. The resulting commission created a network of parks and boulevards, one of...
In 1891 Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. addressed a small group of Louisville civic leaders known as the Salmagundi Club, pursuant to their invitation, to further their interest in establishing a park system. The resulting commission created a park...
