6/12/1996
Landmark information
- Location:
Piedmont Ave between Gayley Rd and Dwight Way, Berkeley - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
6/12/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/12/1996 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 52.183, W 122 15.136
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Piedmont Way
Piedmont Way was conceived in 1865 by Frederick Law Olmstead, America's foremost landscape architect. As the centerpiece of a gracious residential community close beside the College of California, Olmstead envisioned a roadway that would follow the natural contours of the land and be sheltered from sun and wind by "an overarching bowery of foliage." This curvilinear tree-lined parkway was Olmstead's first residential street design. It has served as the model for similar parkways across the nation.