GENERAL MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY PARK PLANNING 



95 



Number 



School 



Sites 



74 



88 



59 



Total Park 

 and School 

 Site Area 

 12,032.51 



2,455-53 



are: (i) Milwaukee, Wis.; (2) Washington, D. C.; (3) Newark, N. J.; (4) 

 Cincinnati, Ohio; (5) New Orleans, La.; (6) Minneapolis, Minn.; (7) Kansas 

 City, Mo.; (8) Seattle, Wash.; (9) Indianapolis, Ind.; (10) Jersey City, 

 N. J.; (n) Rochester, N. Y.; (12) Portland, Ore.; (13) Denver. This 

 shows that so far as planning is concerned such planning as has been done 

 has borne no special relation to the numbers of people to be served. 



The following is the complete list of the cities falling into this group 

 as based on the census of 1920. 



Population Park Number School 



1920 Area Parks Site Area 



1. 'Denver, Col 256,491 11,764.87 236.0 



2. 'Portland, Ore 258,288 2,181.36 55 274.17 



3. Rochester, X. Y 295,750 1,771.86 31 205.6 



4. 'Jersey City, N. J 298,103 85.90 20 



5. 4 Indianapolis, Ind 314,194 2,566.16 73 



6. Seattle, Wash 315,312 2,144.56 130 



7. 'Kansas City, Mo 324,410 3>237-67 69 



8. Minneapolis, Minn 380,582 4,735-58 132^ 



9. New Orleans, La 387,219 1,885.00 



10. Cincinnati, Ohio 401,247 2,718.87 88 



1 1. Newark, N. J 414,524 28.74 48 



12. Washington, D. C 437,57! 3,4 2 4-5l 564 



13. Milwaukee, Wis 457,147 1,001.16 49 



1 Of the total park acreage 1,557.37 (42 different areas) acres are in the city park system and 10,239.14 acres 

 in the Mountain Park System outside the city limits. 



2 Area given includes four parks totaling 856.173 acres outside city limits. In addition there are 88 acres in a 

 county park within city limits. 



3 Within city limits are two country parks totaling 267.2 acres. 



4 Exclusive of three state owned areas of 25.3 acres but under the control of the Park Department. 



5 Exclusive of eight small properties the area of which was not reported. 



6 Exclusive of no acres in Tidal Basin. 



The table shows for each city the population as of 1920, total park 

 acreage, number of park properties, total school site acreage (where avail- 

 able), number of school sites, and the total of park and school site acreage, 

 together with special comments. 



The Minneapolis Park and Recreation System is one of the most out- 

 standing systems in America from the standpoint of the number of acres, 

 types of properties, distribution of properties, character of development and 

 quality of maintenance. The following table shows the distribution of the 

 properties according to size: 



