Belle Isle

Belle Isle

Photo: Canadian Postcard Company · Public domain

Year

1845

Landscape architect

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted

Type

landscape

Frederick Law Olmsted's 1884 plan for Belle Isle transformed a 982-acre island in the Detroit River into one of America's finest urban parks. Olmsted designed a network of curving carriage drives, pedestrian paths, and waterways that follow …

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