historic landscape of Franklin Park

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The historic landscape of Franklin Park is a major 19th-century urban park in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of the Emerald Necklace and noted for its pastoral scenery and recreational grounds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape
historic landscape
urban park
urban park landscape
contains Playstead
Scarboro Pond
Valley Gates area
Wilderness area
golf course landscape areas
country United States of America
designedBy Frederick Law Olmsted
designedInPeriod late 19th century
hasCharacteristic curvilinear circulation system
designed vistas
large open meadows
naturalistic topography
pastoral scenery
picturesque landscape design
recreation fields
recreational grounds
scenic drives
walking paths
wooded areas
hasConservationStatus subject of historic landscape preservation efforts
hasViewOf Boston skyline
heritageDesignation historic park landscape
inception 19th century
location Boston, Massachusetts
namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
partiallyOverlaps Franklin Park Zoo grounds
linked to: Franklin Park Zoo
partOf Boston park system
Boston’s Emerald Necklace park system
linked to: Boston park system

Emerald Necklace
Franklin Park
significantFor Boston’s open space network
urban park design history
work of Frederick Law Olmsted
usedFor active recreation
community events
jogging
passive recreation
sports
walking

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Valley Gates heritageContext historic landscape of Franklin Park
Ellicott Arch partOf Franklin Park historic landscape
linked to: historic landscape of Franklin Park