Delaware Park
DESCRIPTION: One of Olmsted’s first of three parks in Buffalo, Delaware Park serves as the focal point of the Olmsted system and today contains many of Buffalo’s cultural institutions. Simply named “The Park by Olmsted”, this 350-acre setting serves as Buffalo’s “Central Park”. This is the centerpiece of the Buffalo, New York parks system and located in the North Buffalo neighborhood. It is divided into two areas: the 243-acre "Meadow Park" on the east and the 133-acre "Water Park", with what was originally a 43-acre lake ("Gala Water"), on the west.
SPACENOTES: 4 Basketball Courts, 3 Playgrounds
84 Parkside AvenueBuffalo, NY 14214
(716) 838-1249
Tennis Courts: 17
Softball Fields
Soccer Fields
Concessions
Locker Rooms
Restrooms
At 350 acres, Delaware Park was the largest of the three original parks and was a landscape that Olmsted and Vaux called a “country park”.
Although today’s park still offers much in the way of original features, many others have yet to be restored. These include Spire Head House (an exotic gazebo designed by Vaux), a quarry garden, bridle paths, and pedestrian pathways.
Delaware Park can also host Baseball, Basketball, Golf, and Tennis.
One of the first Frederick Law Olmsted-designed parks in Buffalo, the 350 acres of meadow, forest and lake serve as Buffalo’s “Central Park” featuring boating on Hoyt Lake by the Marcy Casino, Rose Garden, Japanese Gardens, and a golf course, and newly added horse-drawn carriage rides (Sunday only from 1pm – 5pm.) As the focal point of the Olmsted System, it contains many popular cultural institutions.
Olmsted had predicted that Delaware Park was destined to take a “distinguished position among the parks of the world.” Known as many Buffalonians’ favorite Olmsted park, it is also nationally recognized.
