NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKS 



Special attention must be given to keeping these parks dry and 

 sanitary. Adequate provision must be made for drainage, the walks 

 should be of brick or cement which will be durable and remain in 

 good condition, and proper provision should be made for public com- 

 fort. The parks should be well lighted during the evening, and ser- 

 viceable receptacles provided in which to throw papers and other 

 waste to help keep the park clean and encourage the idea of orderliness 

 in the minds of the people there. There should be one or more sanitary 

 drinking fountains incorporated in the design. Above all, there must 

 be a superabundance of benches, of a strong, durable sort, with 

 arrangements made for definitely anchoring them in the places where 

 they are to remain. If these benches are damaged they should be 

 repaired or replaced with others if necessary ; never should retaliation 

 be taken on the tenement residents by removing the benches entirely. 

 The same standards of conduct cannot be applied to neighbourhood 

 parks in tenement districts as to others, and the parks are for purposes 

 of ministering to their welfare, both in kindliness as well as in education. 



MIDDLE-CLASS NEIGHBOURHOODS 



Neighbourhood parks in what are known as middle-class districts 

 permit of somewhat freer development. They also, however, had best 

 be kept somewhat regular and formal in design, expressing the re- 

 straint and order which one expects when living well within the city 

 where each individual conforms to the laws governing the many. The 

 general effect should be that of simplicity and straightforwardness. 

 Although informal treatment may sometimes be admitted with fair 

 results, it will be found the exception when a naturalistic design seems 

 to adequately express or fulfil the functions of this sort of neigh- 

 bourhood park. Parks in these neighbourhoods, as in the tenement 

 districts, should provide for ample circulation. The park may be semi- 

 enclosed, but not to the extent of suggesting privacy; the planting 



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