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PARKS 



Neighborhood Parks are to be found plans and illustrations of a number 

 of neighborhood parks which show some of the many methods of developing 

 this type of park property. These plans include the following: Fleischmann 

 Gardens, Cincinnati (p. 176), Library Park, Pasadena (p. 178), Downtown 

 Park used as a site for a civic center, Longview, Washington (p. 180), 

 Katherine Chappell Memorial Park, Middletown, New York (p. 182), 

 Typical Neighborhood Park, Atlanta, Georgia (p. 183). 



LARGE PARKS 



In general there is nothing in the design of the small or intown park 

 that is new or original or characteristically American. The formal method 

 of treatment which necessity in most cases imposes upon them is in prin- 

 ciple almost as old as civilization. 



It is quite otherwise with the large city recreation park. The designs 

 of these parks in American cities is a distinct and original contribution to 



PLATE No. 83 



BRIDLE PATH IN WARINANCO PARK, UNION COUNTY PARK SYSTEM, 



UNION COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 



(Cut from Parks and Recreation.) 



