Infrastructure1893
Eastern Parkway
by Frederick Law Olmsted
Eastern Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40204
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About this landmark
The grandest of Olmsted's six tree-lined parkways, designed to connect the flagship parks. A 4-mile boulevard with a wide central median that defined Louisville's east-side neighborhoods.
From Wikipedia
Parkways of Louisville, Kentucky
United States historic place
The parkway system of Louisville, Kentucky, United States was designed by the firm of preeminent 19th century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The 26-mile (42 km) system was built from the early 1890s through the 1930s, and initially owned by a state-level parks commission, which passed control to the city of Louisville in 1942.
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Details
- Year Built
- 1893
- Architect
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- Style
- Olmsted Parkway
- Period
- Gilded Age
- Era
- 1893
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