GENERAL MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY PARK PLANNING 



Under i acre 



1 to 2 acres 



2 to 3 acres 



3 to 4 acres 



4 acres 



5 to 10 acres 

 10 acres 



12 acres 



17 acres 



Totals 



No. Properties Total Acres 



2 .90 

 8 11.70 

 8 18.80 

 5 16.80 



3 12.00 



4 26.00 

 3 30.00 



I 12.00 



I 17.00 



35 145.20 



Nearly 50 per cent of these school sites are too small 

 for efficient children's playgrounds after taking out 

 building sites and areas for beautification. 



Other Areas Available for Recreation: Twenty miles 

 outside the city is the beginning of the Cleveland 

 National Forest of nearly 550,000 acres. About the 

 same distance from the city is a 2O-acre county park 

 suitable for picnicking. There are, of course, several 

 pri%~ate golf clubs and organized camps, etc. 



TULSA, OKLAHOMA 



Population, 1920, 72,075. Estimated population, 

 1925, 124,478. Area of the city, 12 square miles or 

 7,680 acres. 



Park Areas: The park system of Tulsa comprises 23 

 different properties totaling 2,576.5 acres or about one 

 acre to every 48 inhabitants. In addition there are 

 about a dozen miscellaneous triangles totaling seven 

 acres. The park areas arranged according to size are as 



follows: No. Properties Total Acres 



Under i acre 3 1.5 



1 to 2 acres 3 4.5 



2 to 4 acres 2 5.5 

 4 to 8 acres 8 38.0 



10 to 20 acres 3 45.0 



25 to 50 acres 2 67.0 



200 to 220 acres I 215.0 



Over 1,000 acres I 2,200.0 



Totals 23 2,576.5 



School Sites: There are 29 school sites with a gross 

 area of 128.2 acres and an estimated free play area of 

 1 1 2. i acres. These areas classified according to size 



follow: No. Properties Total Acres 



1 to 2 acres I 1.7 



2 to 3 acres 8 17.5 



3 to 4 acres 3 9.0 



4 to 6 acres II 52.0 

 6 to 10 acres 3 18.0 

 10 acres 3 30.0 



Totals 29 128.2 



This layout of school sites ought to provide fairly 

 amply for the play of the children from 5 to 14 years of 

 age inclusively, and some of the areas are large enough 

 for sports and games of older people. 



Other Areas: There are four privately controlled golf 

 courses, two amusement parks, one professional ball 

 park, and one fairground area of 240 acres. 



OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 



The area of the city comprises 17.9 square miles 

 (1925) or 11,456 acres. The population in 1920 was 

 91,295. The estimated population (1924) was 104,080. 



Park Areas: The total park area comprised 2,248 

 acres in 1925. A classification of these areas as to size 



No. Areas Total Area 

 4 



follows : 

 Under I acre 



i to 3 acres 



3 to 5 acres 



5 to 10 acres 



10 to 25 acres 



25 to 50 acres 



50 to loo acres 



loo to 200 acres 



Over 600 acres (620,800) 



Totals 



2.3 

 6.0 

 16.9 

 13.8 

 113.0 

 113.0 

 70.0 

 488.0 

 1,420.0 



31 2,243.0 



To the grand totals should be added five acres in 

 miscellaneous parkway strips, also 26 miles of un- 

 improved boulevards connecting the outer parks, area 

 not reported. 



School Sites: A classification of the school sites as to 

 size follows: 



Under I acre 



1 to 2 acres 



2 to 3 acres 



3 to 5 acres 



5 acres and over 

 Totals 



45 



118.0 



TACOMA, WASHINGTON 



Population, 1920, 96,965. Estimated population, 

 1925, 104,455. Area of the city, 43.63 square miles or 

 27,923.20 acres. 



Park Areas: The park area of Tacoma comprises 21 

 different properties totaling 1,253.68 acres. This is 

 approximately one acre to every 80 inhabitants. 



The areas classified according to size are as follows: 

 No. Properties Total Acres 



Under I acre 2 l.oo 



i to 2.5 acres 2 3.15 



10 to 15 acres 6 61.91 



15 to 25 acres 2 38.40 



25 to 50 acres 3 105.68 



50 to 75 acres I 60.30 



Over 300 acres (339.34; 637.9) _2_ 977-H 



Totals 18 1,247.68 



There are in addition three small street parking strips 

 totaling six acres. 



School Sites: Fifty school areas were reported (1925- 

 26) totaling 200.265 acres. A classification of these 

 areas according to size follows: 



