The Parkside neighborhood is located in the City of Buffalo, just to the immediate north and east of Delaware Park, about 5 miles from downtown. Planned by the renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, the area quickly attracted the rich and professional classes during a boom period in Buffalo's growth, beginning around 1876. Many of the houses were designed by eminent architects of the day, including Frank Lloyd Wright, W.S. Wicks, James Marling and Herbert Burdett among others.
Parkside was an integral part of Olmsted's park and parkway plan for Buffalo, the center of which was the adjacent Delaware Park, also designed by Olmsted. From the park the gently curving roads of Parkside aided the transition from the frenetic city on the outside.
After the original Parkside tracts were filled in the early 1900s, the aesthetic was continued in adjacent neighborhoods such as North Park, Central Park, and Parkside West, which was built on the grounds of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
Like many of Buffalo's best neighborhoods, Parkside has maintained its prestige and appearance throughout its existence.
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Parkside Avenue, adjacent to Delaware Park and the Buffalo Zoo.
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Darwin Martin House (1903) by Frank Lloyd Wright - available for tours.
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George Barton House (1904) by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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St. Mark's RC Church (1914) by
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The Davidson House (1908) by Frank Lloyd Wright - still a private residence.
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Main Street forms the Eastern border to the neighborhood
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A repurposed former Ford assembly plant, now Tri-Main Center, is just beyond the quiet neighborhood.
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