GENERAL MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY PARK PLANNING 



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acres; and a continuous series of tracts along Buffalo 

 Creek running through the city of 3 10 acres. Few small 

 cities have as comprehensive park plans as does Greens- 

 boro. 



School Sites: The school sites of Greensboro comprise 

 the following areas: .25 of an acre; .5 of an acre; 3, 7, 

 9, 10, 12, 12, 15, 17, 75 acres respectively (1925), or a 

 total of 160.75 acres. As is readily seen the majority 

 of these provide not only amply for children's play- 

 grounds but also may serve as neighborhood playfield- 

 parks. 



Other Properties: There are in the city and within a 



radius of 10 miles of the city 29 different properties 

 owned and controlled by private institutions, such as 

 private schools and colleges, real estate companies, 

 industrial and commercial concerns, country clubs, fair 

 associations. These properties, totaling 2,404 acres, are 

 all used more or less for recreational purposes. The 

 majority of them have water acreage, five have swim- 

 ming pools and nearly all of them are equipped with 

 clubhouses. 



Few cities are so lavishly provided with public and 

 private facilities for all manner of outdoor recreations 

 as is this thriving city of North Carolina. 



The park and driveway system of Great Falls, Montana, is an excellent 

 example of original planning by the town site company followed by con- 

 tinuous expansion of the system as the community grew. The total area 

 within the incorporated limits of the city is 8.1 square miles or 5,218 acres. 

 The population in 1920 was 24,121. The estimated population in 1925 

 was 27,000. The total area of the park system, exclusive of 37 miles of 

 boulevard driveways, was, in 1925, 686.77 acres. Based on the 1920 census 

 there is one acre of park property to approximately every 35 inhabitants. 



PLATE No. 19. GENERAL MAP OF THE PARK SYSTEM OF GREAT FALLS, MONTANA 



Parks and driveways shown in heavy black. 



