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Front Park (The Front)
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Constructed 1871 |
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37 acres |
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The 37-acre Front Park, located on a bluff overlooking the Niagara River and Lake Erie, was one of Olmsted’s first three parks in Buffalo and represented to Olmsted, Buffalo’s “public face” to our northern neighbors.
Once the park was openned in the 1870's it quickly became Buffalo’s most popular park with more than 5,000 visitors on the weekends and over 1,000 visitors on weekdays. Olmsted declared this site as Buffalo’s reason for being because it sits on a bluff overlooking the convergence of Lake Erie and the Niagara River.
Today, the Conservancy is working to ensure that the Peace Bridge Expansion Project will create a vibrant, healthy neighborhood connected to a vibrant, healthy park that also serves as an impressive, welcoming international gateway between the U.S and Canada. In spring 2004, we demolished the unsightly brick park building that obscured the view of the water, thus restoring the scenic overlook from this Olmsted Park. There are a number of restoration and rehabilitation projects slated for Front Park in the coming months and years. The Public Bridge Authority and the City of Buffalo have alocated over 2 million dollars for interim improvement for the park including a substantial pathway restoration project and full reconstruction of the terrace overlook plaza. |
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