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PARKS 



Park Areas: The park system of the city comprises 

 22 properties totaling 1,120.257 acres or one acre to 

 every 68 inhabitants. These areas classified according 

 to size are as follows: 



No. Properties 



4 

 6 



Under I acre 



1 to 2 acres 



2 to 

 5 to 



10 to 

 20 to 



50 to 



5 acres 

 10 acres 

 20 acres 

 30 acres 

 70 acres 



100 to 125 acres 

 Over 800 acres 

 Totals 



Total Acres 

 1.507 

 7.960 

 9.580 



H7SO 



45.410 



52.770 



66.840 



120.440 



801.000 



1,120.257 



School Sites: There are 33 school sites with a total 

 gross area of 42.869 acres and an estimated free play 

 space of 18.852 acres. Only five of the school sites 

 (gross area) are over two acres, and only one has an 

 estimated free play space of slightly over two acres. 

 The school system is very inadequately provided with 

 play space for the children. 



SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 



Population, 1920,74,683. Estimated population, 1925, 



106,047. Area of the city, 90 square miles or 57,600 acres. 

 Park Areas: The park system of the city comprises 

 34 different properties totaling approximately 2,260 

 acres. This is one acre to about every 46 inhabitants. 

 The areas classified according to size are as follows: 



No. Properties Total Acres 



Under I acre 15 4-825 



I to 2 acres 6 7-840 



2.5 acres I 2.500 



3 acres i 3.000 



5 to 10 acres 6 44-54O 



Slightly over 10 acres i 10.290 



60 acres I 60.000 



Slightly over loo acres i 116.900 



Slightly over 600 acres i 610.000 



Over 1,000 acres i 1,400.00 



Totals 34 2,259,895 



About 6 1 per cent of these properties are small and 

 chiefly of use for adornment and for breathing spots. 

 However, taken with the large school grounds the city 

 appears to be fairly well provided with neighborhood 

 playfield-park properties and large parks. 



School Sites: The school sites comprise 35 different 

 properties totaling 145.2 acres, gross. These areas 

 classified according to size are as follows: 



HOUSTON -TLXA5 



MAP SHOWING PBISLNT AND PBOPOiLD 

 S PLAYGROUNDS.! BOUUVARDS 



PLATE No. 23 



MAP OF THE PRESENT AND PROPOSED EXTENSIONS OF THE PARK SYSTEM 



OF HOUSTON, TEXAS 



(Plan by Hare and Hare, Landscape Architects and City Planners, Kansas City, Missouri. See page 93.) 



