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Cherokee Park
by Frederick Law Olmsted
745 Cochran Hill Rd, Louisville, KY 40206
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Frederick Law Olmsted's eastern flagship park along Beargrass Creek, designed in 1891. A 409-acre rolling pastoral landscape with a 3.2-mile Scenic Loop, woodlands, and meadows. Heavily replanted after the 1974 tornado.
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Cherokee Park
Municipal park in Kentucky, US
Cherokee Park is a 409-acre (166 ha) municipal park located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy. It was designed in 1891 by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture along with 18 of Louisville's 123 parks. Beargrass Creek runs through much of the park, and is crossed by numerous pedestrian and automobile bridges.
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