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PARKS, FOREST PRESERVES, CITY SQUARES 



As in attempting any project, the one who es- 

 says to design a park should first have the main 

 purpose it is to serve clearly in mind. There are 

 many opinions as to what this purpose is. The 

 man who is fond of boating thinks the park is for 

 the purpose of giving him an opportunity to take 

 his favorite exercise. He wishes the golf course 

 excavated to enlarge the yacht harbor. The golfer, 

 on the other hand, desires the harbor filled up to 

 enlarge his golf course. The equestrian thinks 

 the park is a place for bridle paths, the horseman 

 for a race course, the gardener for flowers, the pub- 

 lic-spirited man, at others' expense, a place for a 

 statue of his friend or a public building in which 

 he is interested. The advertiser thinks the parks 

 and the boulevards are the most appropriate sites 

 for his bill-boards. A gardener argued that his 



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