After the responsibility of the Board of Park Commissioners was expanded to encompass all public greens and squares in Buffalo in 1886, the Board sought designs for several new small grounds from Frederick Law Olmsted. In April 1887, he submitted the plans he had developed, including designs for Day’s Park, which is situated between Allen and Cottage streets, with Hudson Street to the north, and Maryland Street lying south of the site. A street of the same name encompasses the park; presently connecting only with Cottage street, originally it also connected with Allen street at its junction with Wadsworth street. The park is named for a wealthy early settler who had established the city’s first brick kiln, Thomas Day. Day gave the land to the city in 1859, stipulating that the site be used solely as a park which would bear his name. (Day, we might add, was able to add to his considerable fortune by subdividing and selling the adjacent land as building lots facing the new park.)
Olmsted’s Day’s Park plan provided for “a long plat of turf studded with trees, with a fountain in the center…” An unusual feature was the incorporation of a circle of 75′ diameter at the southerly end of the site, in front of an elementary school which occupies the northwest corner with Cottage Street. Graveled areas of 12′ in width ringing the circle and 24′ between the circle and the main plat were provided to allow a play area for the school children without allowing their rough usage to destroy the turf of the main park. The fountain was also an uncommon feature for an Olmsted-designed park in Buffalo, and at the time the only one specified by him for a Buffalo site. It was not until the late 1890’s with his firm’s designs for Riverside and Humboldt parks that another Buffalo Olmsted park had such an amenity. (His suggestion of one for Cazenovia Park in 1893 was not implemented.) The original Day’s Park fountain, however, was removed from the park in 1923.
Day’s Park was extensively restored in 1989 and 1990 as a result of the efforts of the neighboring residents through the Day’s Park Block Club. To increase safety, a concession to the automobile era was made and the outlet of Day’s Park to Allen Street was closed. The circle at Cottage Street has been removed, but the fountain, surrounded by a wrought iron fence in the same manner as the original, was restored as a centerpiece of the delightful little park. The project cost the city $59,000. However, thieves masquerading as city workers stole the fountain in 1995 and it was not until 1999 that funds became available to again replace it. This time it was welded, not bolted, together to ensure that it continues to serve the park. Aside from these small changes, Day’s Park very much remains the way Olmsted had envisioned.
Baada ya jukumu la Bodi ya Kamishna wa Hifadhi kupanuliwa kujumuisha bustani zote za umma na mraba huko Buffalo mnamo 1886, Bodi ilitafuta miundo ya uwanja mdogo mpya kutoka kwa Frederick Law Olmsted. Mnamo Aprili 1887, aliwasilisha mipango aliyoiendeleza, ikiwa ni pamoja na miundo ya Day's Park, ambayo iko kati ya barabara za Allen na Cottage, na Hudson Street kaskazini, na Maryland Street kusini mwa tovuti. Barabara ya jina moja inajumuisha bustani; sasa kuunganisha tu na Cottage Street, awali pia kuunganishwa na Allen Street katika makutano yake na Wadsworth Street. Hifadhi hiyo ilipewa jina la mkaaji tajiri wa mapema ambaye alikuwa ameanzisha tanuru ya kwanza ya matofali ya jiji hilo, Thomas Day. Day alitoa ardhi hiyo kwa mji mwaka wa 1859, akisema kwamba eneo hilo litumike tu kama bustani ambayo ingekuwa na jina lake. (Tungeweza kuongeza kwamba Day aliweza kuongeza utajiri wake mkubwa kwa kugawanya na kuuza ardhi iliyokuwa karibu ili iwe sehemu za ujenzi zilizokabili bustani hiyo mpya.) Mpango wa Olmsted's Day Park ulitoa "plate ndefu ya nyasi iliyojaa miti, na chemchemi katikati... kipengele cha kawaida kilikuwa kuingizwa kwa mduara wa kipenyo cha 75'mwisho wa kusini wa tovuti, mbele ya shule ya msingi ambayo inashikilia kona ya kaskazini magharibi na Cottage Street. Maeneo ya mchanga ya 12 'kwa upana ringing mduara na 24' kati ya mduara na plat kuu walikuwa zinazotolewa ili kuruhusu eneo la kucheza kwa watoto wa shule bila kuruhusu matumizi yao mbaya kuharibu turf ya Hifadhi kuu. Pia, chemchemi hiyo ilikuwa sehemu isiyo ya kawaida ya bustani iliyoundwa na Olmsted huko Buffalo, na wakati huo ilikuwa ya pekee iliyoelezwa na Olmsted kwa ajili ya eneo la Buffalo. Ilikuwa hadi mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1890 na miundo ya kampuni yake kwa mbuga za Riverside na Humboldt kwamba mbuga nyingine ya Buffalo Olmsted ilikuwa na starehe kama hiyo. Mfano wa hii ni katika eneo la Cazenovia Park, ambayo ilijengwa mwaka 1893. Hata hivyo, chemchemi ya awali ya Day's Park iliondolewa katika bustani hiyo mwaka wa 1923. Hifadhi ya Day's Park ilirekebishwa sana mnamo 1989 na 1990 kama matokeo ya juhudi za wakazi wa jirani kupitia Klabu ya Day's Park Block. Ili kuongeza usalama, makubaliano ya enzi ya magari yalifanywa na mlango wa Day's Park hadi Allen Street ulifungwa. Mzunguko wa Cottage Street umeondolewa, lakini chemchemi, iliyozungukwa na uzio wa chuma cha kusaga kwa njia ileile kama ya awali, ilirudishwa kama kipengele cha kati cha bustani ndogo yenye kupendeza. Mradi huo uligharimu jiji hilo dola 59,000. Hata hivyo, wezi waliojifanya kuwa wafanyakazi wa jiji waliiba chemchemi hiyo mwaka 1995 na hadi mwaka 1999 fedha zilipatikana tena ili kuibadilisha. Wakati huu ilishonwa, si kufungwa kwa vijiti, ili kuhakikisha kwamba inaendelea kutumikia mbuga hiyo. Mbali na mabadiliko haya madogo, Day's Park bado ni njia Olmsted alikuwa na mawazo.