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