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PARKS 



for parking motor vehicles adjacent to places of large assemblages has become 

 a problem of major importance. In the construction of these places, drain- 

 age, grading to a reasonable level surface, and surfacing with gravel or 

 asphalt are prime considerations. In the arid sections of the country it may 

 be possible to use a turf-surfaced field and at certain seasons or times the 

 same may be true in practically every section of the country. But on the 

 whole, in all sections where there is liable to be considerable rainfall, the 

 parking area should at least be covered with several inches of gravel. 



Each of the ovals is approximately 60x210 feet, and is bordered by 

 heavy boulders. The roadways between the ovals are 50 feet wide. Cars 

 are parked perpendicular to the ovals. Roadways are surfaced with oiled 

 gravel. Apparently the ovals are to be embellished with plantations and 

 equipped with tables, water and some facilities for cooking. (See page 344.) 



CONSTRUCTION OF PooLS 1 



Pools. The following pages of this chapter contain a discussion and 

 illustrations and plans of various types of pools commonly found in parks 

 and other recreation areas. Although the notes by Mr. Taylor pertain to 

 various types of formal garden pools and informal pools and ponds, many 



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PLATE No. 143. GRADING PLAN, WAUKEGAN FIELD 

 3 Albert D. Taylor in Landscape Architecture, January 1924. 



