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the workmen themselves should be accommodated near by. This 

 often results in the construction of the service buildings and living 

 quarters in a group, which should be concealed from the park but should 

 be convenient of access both from within and without the park. Some 

 park service buildings are best located elsewhere than near this group, 

 for instance, the sheepfold may be built near the meadow where the 

 sheep are accustomed to feed. 



It may be necessary to have some comfort stations where there are 

 no other buildings. These should be concealed, but should have plain 

 signs designating their location, and they should be conveniently placed, 

 near those areas where the largest number of people congregate. Often 

 these conveniences form a part of a structure devoted to some other 

 use, like a boathouse or a restaurant ; and in modern parks they are 

 often combined with rooms, perhaps with an attendant in charge, to 

 form a rest house which may be architecturally attractive and need not 

 be entirely concealed. 



A picnic grove may well have a restaurant where simple meals may 

 be obtained or food bought to be eaten in the grove. In connection 

 with the promenade or zoological garden which might occupy a portion 

 of the park set apart near the entrance, there might be a more preten- 

 tious restaurant, perhaps facing upon the promenade on one side, and 

 on the other facing a long view across the park. If the boating is an 

 important feature so that crowds come to the boathouse, the main res- 

 taurant may be combined with this structure. If concerts are given in 

 the park, they are probably best arranged for in connection with 

 the promenade if such an area exists, in which case the musicians may 

 occupy a part of the main restaurant shelter or there may be a separate 

 bandstand constructed. 



Special sports and games may each have its own shelter, but usually 

 the park can be so arranged that several are served by one structure, 

 containing lockers, showers, and having some caretaker in charge who 

 furnishes small necessities for the various games and perhaps light 

 refreshments. These field houses may be designed to serve both summer 

 and winter sports, the boathouses serving the skaters and perhaps 

 the golf house or the tennis house serving those using toboggans and 

 snowshoes. 



