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Books
- UB Libraries Catalog This link opens in a new windowA listing of books, journal titles, and other materials held by the UB Libraries.PUBLIC
- Architects of an American Landscape byCall Number: APL: NA2543.S6 H685 2022Publication Date: 2022A dual portrait of America's first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted--and their immense impact on America As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Biltmore's parkland in Asheville, dozens of parks across the country, and the preservation of Yosemite and Niagara Falls.
- Changing Places byCall Number: APL: NA4170 .C53 1992Publication Date: 1992Architecture, nature and humanitarian reform : the Buffalo State Hospital for the Insane / Francis R. Kowsky -- Richardson's Buffalo State
om movie set to government offices : Building 10 at the Buffalo Psychiatric center / Barbara A. Capagna. - Historic structures report and re-use feasibility study of the H.H. Richardson designed complex, Buffalo State Hospital Buildings prepared by Foit-Albert & Associates, Architect, for Greater Buffalo Development Foundation.Call Number: APL: RC445 .N73 B84 1982Publication Date: 1982198 leaves : illustrations, plans ; 22 x 28 cm
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"Funded by New York State Parks & Recreation, Division for Historic Preservation ... [and] Community Development, City of Buffalo, Division of Neighborhood Revitalization ..." - The Richardson Olmsted Complex, Buffalo, NY : master plan 2009. byCall Number: Abbott Circulation Desk: NA108 .B8 R53 2009Publication Date: 200924 pages : illustrations, plans ; 21 cm
Contents
Introduction -- Board of Directors -- Master Plan Overview -- Guiding Principles -- Baseline Plan -- Mix of Uses -- Core Project -- Expanded Core Project -- Full Reuse of Historic Structures -- Development Landholding.
Articles
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new windowArchitecture-related research. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
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Library Sources
- Fire Insurance Maps online This link opens in a new windowFire Insurance Maps online (FIMo) is an online subscription service that provides access to historical map collection. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Peter Emslie's Drawings of the Buffalo Psychiatric CenterThe pen-and-ink illustrations on view were copied directly from H.H. Richardson’s original plans by Buffalo civil engineer Peter Emslie, the Asylum’s Supervising Architect (1877-1880) and Building Superintendent (1878-1880).
UB Archives and HABS
- State Lunatic Asylum, 400 Forest Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NYHABS: Historic American Buildings Survey, Photocopy of sketch site plan adapted from an 1871 plan by H. H. Richardson. - State Lunatic Asylum, 400 Forest Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY
- State Lunatic Asylum, 400 Forest Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NYHABS: Historic American Buildings Survey - 8 photos (older)
Web Resources
- Dr, Thomas Story KirkbrideThomas Story Kirkbride 1809-1883 — Physician, Psychiatrist and Developer of the Kirkbride Plan.
- Reimagining a Buffalo Landmark videoWNED PBS History
- Revolution fo the Richardson Olmsted CampusImages from Reimagining a Buffalo Landmark video