PRINCIPLES OF PARK DESIGN 



credited and undervalued. It cannot be considered good design if 

 calling for the sort of exacting, care that demands large expenditure, 

 launching the city on an expensive program of park maintenance. A 

 design to satisfy conditions of attractiveness must render a park beau- 

 tiful and inviting, reasonably permanent and possible of maintenance 

 , without imposing burdens of expense. 



There may be found many sorts of park design from worthless- 

 ness to mediocrity, to creditableness, to perfection. Along the route 

 from the worst to the best there naturally lies a wide range of park 

 possibilities. It will be found that although laws and principles are 

 not always agreeable company, and often appear to repress all aesthetic 

 impulse and personal inspiration, acceptance of such guidance will 

 greatly aid the designer in avoiding pitfalls and help him more surely 

 to approach the acme of success in park development — good design. 



