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	The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber of Commerce\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward Clark Whiting\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[Wikipedia:Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac Lake Village Trustees\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[~~Saranac Lake Free Library\|~~Saranac Lake Free Library]].		The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber of Commerce\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward Clark Whiting\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[Wikipedia:Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac Lake Village Trustees\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac Lake Free Library]].

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	The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber of Commerce\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward Clark Whiting\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[Wikipedia:Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[~~Village Improvement Society\|~~Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac Lake Village Trustees\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac Lake Free Library\|Saranac Lake Free Library]].		The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber of Commerce\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward Clark Whiting\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[Wikipedia:Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac Lake Village Trustees\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac Lake Free Library\|Saranac Lake Free Library]].

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	The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber of Commerce\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward Clark Whiting\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village Improvement Society\|Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac Lake Village Trustees\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac Lake Free Library\|Saranac Lake Free Library]].		The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber of Commerce\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward Clark Whiting\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[Wikipedia:Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village Improvement Society\|Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac Lake Village Trustees\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac Lake Free Library\|Saranac Lake Free Library]].

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	The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber~~%20of%20Commerce~~\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward~~%20Clark%20Whiting~~\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village~~%20Improvement%20Society~~\|Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac~~%20Lake%20Village%20Trustees~~\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac~~%20Lake%20Free%20Library~~\|Saranac Lake Free Library]].		The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber of Commerce\|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward Clark Whiting\|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted\|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village Improvement Society\|Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac Lake Village Trustees\|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac Lake Free Library\|Saranac Lake Free Library]].

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	* [[Dugway\|Dugway]]		* [[Dugway\|Dugway]]
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The so-called '''Olmsted Plan '''for the Village of Saranac Lake was commissioned by the Village Board of Trade, a precursor of the [[Chamber%20of%20Commerce|Chamber of Commerce]]. It was completed by [[Edward%20Clark%20Whiting|Edward Clark Whiting]] (see Find a Grave) of the renowned landscape architecture firm of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park and many other urban parks. Emphasis was given to parks, naturally — especially the development of parks along the river corridor. In 1907, a group of prominent village women formed the [[Village%20Improvement%20Society|Village Improvement Society]] to promote and initiate the park aspect of the "Olmsted Plan", as it came to be called, the [[Saranac%20Lake%20Village%20Trustees|Village Board]] having found it too expensive to implement. A typescript copy of the plan can be found in the Adirondack Collection of the [[Saranac%20Lake%20Free%20Library|Saranac Lake Free Library]].

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* [[Walter%20Cluett|Walter Cluett]]
* [[Dugway|Dugway]]
* [[Riverside%20Park|Riverside Park]]
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[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/World_War_I_Veterans%E2%80%99_Memorial_Park_%28Veterans%E2%80%99_Triangle%29|World War I Veterans’ Memorial Park (Veterans’ Triangle)]]
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[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Alice_Ridenour_Wareham|Alice Ridenour Wareham]]