PARK AND PLAYGROUND SYSTEM 



lively small cost into parks which will have the beauty 

 of natural scenery; (3) to acquire property for large 

 parks in advance of a general settlement of the neighbor- 

 hood; (4) to select generally, though not always, lands 

 which are not well adapted for streets and buildings; 

 (5) to distribute the lands over the city in such a way as 

 to give the maximum of use to the people who will be 

 called upon to pay for their acquisition, development, 

 and maintenance. 



These five common -sense principles have been ap- 

 proved and followed by the leading landscape architects. 

 They have been kept constantly in mind in making up 

 the list of park properties for New London, in fixing 

 their approximate boundaries, and in drawing up the 

 recommendations which are embodied in the Report and 

 Plans herewith submitted for consideration. 



