PARK DESIGN IN CITY PLANNING 



Even the city of Washington, which is usually considered to have 

 jubilantly followed an admired plan from its very inception, was 

 described in 1861 by Anthony Trollope as " a mighty maze," and in 

 Harper's WeeUy, April 10, 18.58, may be read: 



" We have liad many walks in the Common wliich they call Pennsylvania 

 Avenue. Mizra, whose appetite is failing, crosses the Common twice before 

 breakfast, and finds the exercise an unusual stimulus. Mustapha has tried to 

 follow his example, but finds the exercise too great ; once across and back again 

 exhausts him. It is, indeed, a monstrously wide Common; why call it an 

 Avenue.'' " 



"WASHINGTON FROM A MOHAMMEDAN POINT OF VIEW." 

 BY A VERY OBSCURE MEMBER OF THE TURKISH ADMIRAl's SUITE. 



It may be seen from this that a beautiful city plan does not imme- 

 diately elicit admiration and take place in the affection of the residents. 

 It is usually not until the parks of the city plan are developed and 

 begin to display the beauty of the general city arrangement that a city 

 plan comes into its own. 



In view of the importance park design bears to city building, and 

 in order to put the subject in concrete form for the consideration of 

 city officials, the following recommendations are submitted : 



CITY PLANNING AND PARK BUILDING SHOULD ADVANCE SIMULTANEOUSLY 



First, that park development be regarded not as incidental to, but 

 commensurate with, city planning. Although fundamentally park 

 design is but a part of city planning and should be subordinate to it, 

 actual practice shows the two to be mutually dependent. City plan- 

 ning projects are rarely inaugurated until a certain degree of interest 

 has been aroused by means of park work. Cities or towns having 

 acquired a taste for parks, frequently in the desire for additional parks, 

 find themselves launched on a campaign for city planning — a reason- 

 able sequence. It is proper, therefore, inasmuch as proposed civic 



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