THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE MUNI- 

 CIPAL ART SOCIETY of New London, by a City Planning 

 Architect of distinction, and embodies the general con- 

 clusions derived from a wide experience and from a two 

 years' serious study of the possible and proper develop- 

 ment of a park and playground system for New London. 



It is not expected that the comprehensive plan herein 

 delineated can be completed in the near future. It is 

 realized, moreover, that riper experience may call for 

 modifications of these plans and the inclusion of other 

 features not mentioned. Our immediate purpose has 

 been to inform ourselves and the community as to park 

 and playground systems, to get something concrete to 

 work to and for, and especially to furnish a guide to our 

 Park Commissioners and city government in future 

 acquisition of lands for the development of new streets, 

 squares, playgrounds, and parks. If the system out- 

 lined in this Report should seem too ambitious for New 

 London to attempt, a careful perusal of the facts stated 

 in the Appendix as to the outcome of similar undertak- 

 ings in many other cities of the same class will clearly 



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