Good read

Remembering America's lost buildings

http://www.cnn.com/style/article/america-lost-buildings/

Paving paradise

Kerry Traynor, University at Buffalo
It might seem odd to lament the loss of a roadway; but Humboldt Parkway wasn't just a road, it was an urban oasis of green parkland -- a crucial component of a much larger park and parkway system.
In 1868, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted arrived in Buffalo, New York to design a park for the city.