CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE 



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INTRODUCTION. OLD PARKS AND NEW xix 



Original definition of a park Gradual use of "park" for other types of properties Introduction 

 of active recreations and how this influenced original conception of parks and functions of parks 

 and functions of park departments Definition of "park" in modern usage. 



CHAPTER I. THE WHY OF PARKS i 



Man originally a dweller in open country Rise and fall of city civilizations Some defects of 

 city dwelling upon physical well-being of people and how parks may aid in remedying undesirable 

 conditions Limitations of city living on man as a creator, lover of the beautiful, seeker after 

 knowledge of the universe, happiness and neighborliness, and how parks and activities therein 

 may remedy these limitations Parks and safety measures as preventives of delinquency and as 

 causing increase of property values. 



CHAPTER II. GENERAL PLANNING OF A PARK SYSTEM 14 



Section I: Unit elements of a park system Playgrounds for children Neighborhood playfield 

 areas or neighborhood playfield-parks Miscellaneous types of active recreation areas Areas in 

 which landscaping is a predominating characteristic Areas of very small dimensions Intown 

 or neighborhood parks Large parks and the reservation Boulevards and parkways Areas 

 devoted to a specific educational-recreational purpose and in which landscaping is a prominent 

 feature, such as botanical gardens, arboretums and zoological parks Miscellaneous areas. 

 Section II: First steps in planning a park system Some principles involved Suggestions for 

 organizing and conducting the study The compilation and publication of the report Putting 

 plans into execution How some communities have conducted their campaigns Partial list of 

 recreation surveys and city plan studies. 



CHAPTER III. EXAMPLES OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY PARK PLANNING . 70 



A brief analysis of what is being done by municipalities of various population groups and by 

 counties Examples of park planning in all incorporated communities in the following population 

 groups Under 2,500; from 2,500 to 5,000; from 5,000 to 10,000; from 10,000 to 25,000; from 

 25,000 to 50,000; from 50,000 to 100,000; from 100,000 to 250,000; from 250,000 to 500,000; 

 from 500,000 to 1,000,000 and over 1,000,000 Examples of county park planning. 



CHAPTER IV. ELEMENTS IN THE DESIGN OF PARK AND RECREATION AREAS . . 109 

 General suggestions on design Design of children's playgrounds with space requirements for 

 games and apparatus and examples of layout Design of neighborhood playfield-parks, facilities, 

 layout and principles involved, with plans from a number of cities Design of miscellaneous active 

 recreation areas such as athletic fields, stadiums, golf courses and clubhouses and camps Sug- 

 gestions for the design of small landscaped areas; for "intown" or neighborhood parks and the 

 forms of recreation of a semi-active and active character which may be provided Plans of neigh- 

 borhood parks Large parks and their problems of design and layout Measures for making parks 

 available through pleasure driveways, bridle paths and footpaths The provision, design and lay- 

 out for recreation activities and for games and sports A discussion of educational-recreational 

 features in large parks The problem of providing for structures of all kinds Examples of plans 

 of large parks The facilities the reservation should have Boulevards and parkways with their 

 problems of design Waterfront development projects with diagrams and plans Bibliography. 



CHAPTER V. CONSTRUCTION NOTES 237 



Procedure in construction work Surveys and preparation of designs Installation of drainage 

 Construction of walks, trails and terraces; of curbs and gutters; of retaining walls and free stand- 

 ing walls Construction of turf areas for lawn sports in the Northern States; in the Southern 

 Surfacing of play areas; of areas for lawn sports Construction of bowling greens; of areas for 

 such sports as baseball, basket ball, football, playground ball, soccer, volley ball and the various 

 types of tennis courts, with specifications and diagrams Construction of athletic fields Sugges- 



