RECREATION PARKS 



Pennsylvania, is a park roller-skating rink which may be flooded as an 

 ice rink in winter, making an admirable arrangement. Such public 

 rinks, located if possible in the vicinity of the park band-stand, are 

 sure to be patronised in large numbers, thus increasing the park 

 efficiency. 



DISTRIBUTION OF PARK FEATURES AND TRANSPORTATION 



In regard to location of recreation features, the especial one which 

 is considered to be the main drawing card should, if possible, be put at 

 the centre of the park so as to be equally accessible from all entrances. 

 If the park is very large, the majority of recreation features may be 

 located in respect to the one or more entrances at not more than the 

 maximum distance of comfortable walk for the average pedestrian. 



Natural features, such as look-off points, waterfalls and cascades, 

 gorges, springs, and places of historical interest within the park, and 

 to some extent the various created points of interest which have been 

 enumerated, are not susceptible of location and often fall beyond 

 reasonable walking distance. In such case, unless large portions of 

 the park are to serve only those who drive, some form of transporta- 

 tion needs to be provided. A great hullabaloo is always raised against 

 the introduction of busses or narrow gauge railways within parks as 

 destroying naturalistic character. A park is for the use of the people, 

 however, and it does not accomplish that purpose if limited to the use of 

 a few. Moreover, a transportation line may be introduced in a park 

 without destroying beauty of landscape character. Every part of the 

 Tiergarten in Berlin is accessible by bus or trolley without the beauty 

 of the park suffering. The island park Margit at Budapest is served by 

 a narrow gauge horse-car line that is a convenience without being con- 

 spicuous or destroying park character. The real reason why such lines 

 are objectionable, and have sometimes been removed, is that the need 

 of them has been discovered as an after condition, and their course has 



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