THE WHY OF PARKS 



other parks in the county, while not so great in pro- 

 portion, is undoubtedly much more than their cost. 

 The increased revenue to the county is already suffi- 



cient to pay the interest and sinking fund charges on 

 the bonds issued for park construction, and almost the 

 entire cost of the annual maintenance." 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



"The Reasons for Parks," J. Horace McFarland, 

 Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Convention of the 

 American Association of Park Superintendents, August, 

 1910, pages 35-37; discussion of address, pages 34-38. 



"Parks as Value Stabilizers and Value Creators," 

 Andrew Wright Crawford, Park International, Vol. II, 

 Xo. 2, March, 1921, pages 165-167. 



"Acquirement of Kansas City Park and Boulevard 

 System and Its Effect on Real Estate Values," W. 

 Bucholz, Proceedings of Ninth National Conference on 

 City Planning, 1917, pages 96-105. 



"Reasons for Parks," John W. Duncan, Parks and 

 Recreation, Vol. VIII, No. 4, March-April, 1925, page 

 297. 



"Some Samples of the Influence of Public Parks in 

 Increasing City Land Values," John Nolen. (In his 

 general plan of a park and playground system for New 

 London, Conn., 1913, pages 28-41.) 



"National Existence and Rural Recreation," Arthur 

 H. Carhart, Parks and Recreation, September-October, 

 1922, Vol. VI, No. i, pages 15-17. 



