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PARKS 



PLATE No. 28. MAP OF THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT 



The Boston Metropolitan Park System is the oldest and most highly developed of the park systems of this type in 

 the United States. The park district comprises an area having a radius of approximately fifteen miles from the center 

 of Boston. Within the area are fourteen cities and twenty-four towns (townships). The system comprises 9,570.83 acres 

 of parks and 1,464.97 acres of parkways or a grand total of 11,035.80 acres. There are 46.66 miles of parkways. (Figures 

 as of March i, 1927.) 



