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Along the Genesee River in upstate New York lies another Olmsted
masterwork. Conceived as a wild and scenic refuge in a developing urban
environment, sections of the original park have been lost, but others
survive along the park's beloved Trout Pond. Here, as with the Sheep Meadow
in New York City's Central Park, Olmsted designed a lawn to bring the
country to the city. A recent proposal to triple the size of the park
zoo and create a 650-car parking lot would destroy a major remnant of
Olmsted's great vision, replacing it with asphalt and concrete.
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