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sites per city was between 32 and 33. This amount of school site area per 

 city if properly distributed ought to provide fairly amply for the play of 

 the children from 5 to 14 years of age in those cities. 



A FEW EXAMPLES OF PARK AND SCHOOL SITE AREAS OF CITIES IN THIS GROUP 



SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 



Population, 1920, 65,908. Estimated population, 

 1925, 72,260. Area of the city, 13.92 square miles or 

 8,908.8 acres. 



Park Areas: The park and recreation system of the 

 city comprises 19 properties exclusive of municipal 

 camp site in Federal Forest Reserve, totaling 1,185.99 

 acres. This is one acre to every 60 inhabitants. The 

 size of the areas is shown by the following classifica- 

 tion: 



Under I acre 



1 to 2 acres 



2 to 3 acres 

 7 acres 



22.6 acres 

 32.0 acres 

 36.8 acres 

 236 acres 

 828 acres 

 Totals 



EAST ST. Louis, ILLINOIS 



Population, 1920, 66,767. Estimated population, 

 1925, 71,423. Area of the city, 13 square miles, or 8,320 

 acres. 



Park Areas: There are 13 properties in the city's park 

 system, totaling 1,355.5 acres. There is a small parked 

 area about the city hall of .8 of an acre in addition. 

 The size of these areas is shown by the following 

 table: 



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1,185.99 



To this total should be added an area of 35 acres in a 

 Federal Forest Reserve used for a municipal camp site. 

 Most of the smaller properties noted above are neigh- 

 borhood parked squares which were laid out in the 

 original plan of the city. 



School Sites: There are 21 different sites totaling 

 159.5 acres gross. The size of the sites is shown by the 

 following table: 



No. Properties 

 Under I acre I 



1 to 2 acres I 



2 to 3 acres 9 



4 acres I 



5 acres 3 



6 acres 2 



7 acres i 



8 acres i 

 30 acres I 

 60 acres i 



dren's playgrounds during the summer months. The 

 small areas are admirably distributed over the city. 

 The large park of over a thousand acres immediately 

 adjoins the city at its southeastern extremity. In fact 

 the suburban area of the city in this direction is building 

 around the park. 



School Sites: There are 29 school sites totaling 57.5 

 acres. The size of these areas is shown by the following 

 table: 



Totals 



>59-5 



Sacramento furnishes a fairly effective demonstration 

 of the important principle in planning a community 

 system of recreation areas, that the school sites should 

 be large enough to provide for the children's playground 

 areas and to some extent the neighborhood playfield 

 areas. 



It is clearly apparent that the school system is not 

 equipped with as much play space about the schools as 

 it should have, which no doubt accounts for the fact 

 that the District Park Commission has had to provide a 

 considerable number of small areas which are used as 

 children's playgrounds. 



Sioux CITY, IOWA 



Population, 1920, 71,227. Estimated population, 

 1925, 76,411. Area of the city, 46 square miles or 

 29,440 acres. 



