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Calvert Vaux

A Proposed Memorial at Newburgh’s Downing Park

December 7, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

1942 map of Downing Park and its Observatory (drawing) superimposed over the City of Newburgh's proposed reinterment areaIn light of The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s advocacy for Downing Park in Newburgh, NY, and the proposed reinterment at the historic designed landscape of remains from a former African American burial site, I thought I would weigh in with some thoughts of my own on the subject. [Read more…] about A Proposed Memorial at Newburgh’s Downing Park

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Architecture, Calvert Vaux, Cemeteries, Cultural Landscape Foundation, Frederick Law Olmsted, Historic Preservation, Hudson River, Landscape Architecture, Newburgh, Orange County

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