DESIGN OF PARK AND RECREATION AREAS 



227 



locally impracticable or inexpedient to provide separate border roads and 

 where the abutting property can reasonably be barred off from access to 

 the parkway." 



DESIGNS OF WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 



Waterfront development projects may occur in several different types 

 of park areas. They may be adjuncts to the "intown" or neighborhood 

 park type of properties, neighborhood playfields or large parks, or a special 

 feature of the system in themselves. They are mentioned separately in this 



GENERAL PLAN FOR THE 

 IMPROVEMENT OF 



LAKE HARRIET 



BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS 

 MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA 



ENONERING KKMHMEM 



PLATE No. 100 



GENERAL PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LAKE HARRIET, MINNEAPOLIS PARK 

 SYSTEM, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 



This is a valuable illustration of the preservation and development of a natural recreational resource within 

 the vicinity of a city. Lake Harriet is only one of a series of inland waters in the vicinity of Minneapolis, all of 

 which have been taken over by the public for recreational purposes. Lake Harriet Park comprises 402.073 acres, 

 of which 353 acres are water and 49.073 land. Twenty acres of the land area are devoted to active recreations of 

 various types, and 29.07 to landscaping. 



