TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
‘squares have been made into public playgrounds. While this 
move is not seriously objectionable, and while the great demand for 
playgrounds undoubtedly justifies such appropriations of land in 
many instances, it may be said that playgrounds should be larger 
and should ideally be located elsewhere, these simple open squares 
being reserved as breathing and resting spaces. They may also be 
frequently used for public gatherings, especially for outdoor dra- 
matics, pageantry and music. 
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Fig. 96. Forsyra Park, SavannaH — AN Exce.ient InTERIoR Crty SquaRB 
Landscape Treatment 
From the standpoint of landscape gardening these city squares 
present a very puzzling problem. In most cases heavy traffic lines 
are necessary running diagonally across the squares, and some- 
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