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Shawnee Park
by Frederick Law Olmsted
4501 W Broadway, Louisville, KY 40211
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Olmsted's western flagship park on a broad terrace above the Ohio River. Defined by the Great Lawn, river concourses, and the Dirt Bowl basketball courts — a legendary fixture of summer streetball since 1969.
From Wikipedia
Shawnee Park
Municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky
Shawnee Park is a municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed 18 of the city's 123 public parks. Along with the rest of the city's Olmsted-designed park system, Shawnee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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Details
- Year Built
- 1892
- Architect
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- Style
- Olmsted Riverfront
- Period
- Gilded Age
- Era
- 1892
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