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which Includes a lake, good-sized creek or river or which fronts upon a lake, 

 river or an arm of the ocean, presents opportunities for water sports with 

 various kinds of water craft, the types depending upon the size and char- 

 acter of the water areas. The presence of water areas generally adds to 

 the possibilities of landscape design, (b) Swimming. Where there is suffi- 

 cient water for water craft there is almost always opportunity for swimming 

 unless the water is contaminated. However, there are certain topographical 

 conditions necessary to make desirable natural swimming places, such as a 

 more or less extensive, level, sandy beach. If this does not exist naturally, 



PLATE No. 90 



AIRPLANE VIEW OF MUSIC CONCOURSE (CENTER) WITH MUSIC TEMPLE TO LEFT, 



M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM (ABOVE) AND CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF 



SCIENCE AND STEINHART AQUARIUM (BELOW), GOLDEN GATE PARK, 



SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 



This section of Golden Gate Park comprises one of the most remarkable educational-recreational centers to 

 be found in any large park in the United States. All these architecturally beautiful and highly useful structures 

 have been the gifts of public-spirited citizens. This center taken as a whole is a shining example of the important 

 place that the modern park and recreation movement is taking in the educational-recreational development of 

 the people. The "auditorium" space of the Music Concourse has been admirably sheltered by the planting of 

 trees and this entire section of the park has been attractively landscaped. A photograph of the Temple of Music 

 is shown on page 413. 



