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.