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Genesee Valley Park

Nationally Significant Olmsted Landscapes Threatened

October 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Postcard of Andrew Jackson Downing Memorial Park courtesy Newburgh History Blog The Cultural Landscape Foundation today released Landslide 2022, an annual thematic report and exhibition about threatened and at-risk landscapes, focusing on twelve sites designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., and his successor firms, a founder of the discipline of landscape architecture best known as the co-designer of Central Park in New York City.

This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Olmsted Sr. (1822-1903). The sites feature the involvement of one or more of all three Olmsteds: Olmsted Sr., his son Olmsted Jr. (1870-1957), and stepson John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920). [Read more…] about Nationally Significant Olmsted Landscapes Threatened

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Architecture, Cultural Landscape Foundation, development, Frederick Law Olmsted, gardening, Genesee River, Genesee Valley Park, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Monroe County, Nassau County, Newburgh, Orange County, Oyster Bay, Planting Fields Arboretum, Rochester, University of Rochester

Under Threat: Genesee Valley Park in Rochester, NY

July 14, 2022 by Editorial Staff 7 Comments

Genesee Valley Park drive courtesy Monroe County ParksGenesee Valley Park in Rochester, NY was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1890, and it remains a well-used and defining community landscape. An original aspect of the park’s design is a woodland buffer that runs from Elmwood Avenue to the Erie Canal next to the University of Rochester. [Read more…] about Under Threat: Genesee Valley Park in Rochester, NY

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Frederick Law Olmsted, Genesee River, Genesee Valley Park, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Monroe County, Preservation League of NYS, Rochester, University of Rochester

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