Riverside Distinctions
Riverside Distinctions
Riverside Facts : Area : Approximately 1.9 square miles Parks : 134 acres – 41 small parks , 5 large parks Forest Preserve : 900 acres Population : 8,875 ( 2010 census ) Village Designed By : Olmsted , Vaux & Co ., in 1869 Incorporation date : July 10 , 1875
A Model Community : Riverside has been recognized as the prototype of all garden suburbs , planned communities and commuter communities . It was the first totally planned suburb of Chicago to use curvilinear roadways instead of grid-like pattern and the first to incorporate a Central Business District into its development plan .
Riverside is also known as one of the eight great open spaces in the United States , only two of which are communities . Over 120 years of architectural styles may be observed in the Village . The Village boasts buildings designed by such influential architects as Frank Lloyd Wright , Jens Jenson , William LeBaron Jenney , G . W . Ashby , and Harold P . Zook .
World famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted , whose professional credits include designing New York City ’ s Central Park , The United States Capital Lawn and Mall Area and numerous university campuses , designed Riverside in 1869 with the help of his partner Calvert Vaux .
A Calvert Vaux Exhibit was on display at the New York Museum in New York City in 1989 . In the brochure for the exhibit , Olmsted , Vaux and Company are credited with developing the “ plan for the most environmentally enriched suburb in the United States ”, Riverside , Illinois , 1868 / 69 .
43