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|address=1903 Olmsted proposal  for Stony Run Park between  
 
West Cold Spring Lane and Wyndhurst Avenue
1903 Olmsted proposal  for Stony Run Park between West Cold Spring Lane and Belvedere (Northern Parkway)
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|owner=Baltimore City
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|architect=Olmsted Brothers (1898-2000)
|start_date=1903-1-1
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[[File:2020 oakdale entrance stony run.jpg|none|thumb|Path from Stony Run leading up to Oakdale Road]]
[[File:2020 oakdale entrance stony run.jpg|none|thumb|Path from Stony Run leading up to Oakdale Road]]
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[[File:1903 stony run park detail.jpg|none|thumb|900x900px|Olmsted Brothers, 1903, detail of park plan for Baltimore encompassing Stony Run Park between West Cold Spring Lane and Belvedere and Northern Parkway, identifying the entrance to the park at the end of Oakdale Road in Roland Park. Stony Run Park now encompasses the bed of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad.  Image taken from the map appendix to the 1987 reprint of the ''Report from the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore by Olmsted Brothers,'' 1904,  published by the Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks & Landscapes, with annotations by Edward Papenfuse, 2021.|alt=]]
Olmsted Brothers, 1903, detail of park plan for Baltimore encompassing Stony Run Park between West Cold Spring Lane and Belvedere and Northern Parkway, identifying the entrance to the park at the end of Oakdale Road in Roland Park. Stony Run Park now encompasses the bed of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad.  Image taken from the map appendix to the 1987 reprint of the ''Report from the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore by Olmsted Brothers,'' 1904,  published by the Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks & Landscapes, with annotations to the image by Edward Papenfuse, 2021. Three plans prepared by Olmsted Brothers are in the collections of the Friends of Frederick Law Olmsted, Maryland State Archives, [http://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/speccol/unit.aspx?speccol=5339&serno=55&item=47&subitem=-1 MdSA 5339-55:]
 


[[File:1935 stony run composite reduced.jpg|none|thumb|900x900px|In 1935 the City of Baltimore published a base map for the city which was used by Edward Bennett Mathews, the State Geologist, to indicate the amount of [[wikipedia:Overburden|Overburden]] covering the underlying rocks. The first three images on the left are taken from high definition images available from [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/33659 the John Hopkins University on line map collection.]  The image on the far right is f[http://rolandparkhistory.org/ThenAndNow.html#maps rom an original privately owned which appears on the website rolandparkhistory.org]|alt=]]
[[File:1935_stony_run_composite_reduced.jpg|alt=|1200px]]

Latest revision as of 14:45, 19 May 2021

1903 stony run park detail.jpg

1903 Olmsted proposal for Stony Run Park between West Cold Spring Lane and Belvedere (Northern Parkway)

Path from Stony Run leading up to Oakdale Road


Olmsted Brothers, 1903, detail of park plan for Baltimore encompassing Stony Run Park between West Cold Spring Lane and Belvedere and Northern Parkway, identifying the entrance to the park at the end of Oakdale Road in Roland Park. Stony Run Park now encompasses the bed of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad. Image taken from the map appendix to the 1987 reprint of the Report from the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore by Olmsted Brothers, 1904, published by the Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks & Landscapes, with annotations to the image by Edward Papenfuse, 2021. Three plans prepared by Olmsted Brothers are in the collections of the Friends of Frederick Law Olmsted, Maryland State Archives, MdSA 5339-55: