CITY AND VILLAGE SQUARES 



ALTHOUGH there is a great diversity of size and 

 appearance between the small city square, or 

 ^ triangle, and the great urban park, the funda-- 

 mental principles governing the designs of each are the 

 same. The larger and smaller spaces alike demand a 

 due consideration of the environment and of the situa- 

 tion. Failure in either case lies in doing too much, or 

 too little, and in doing that which is not appropriate and 

 rational, and thus missing the proper adjustment of the 

 means to the end. 



Yet there are some radical differences between city 

 squares and large parks. In cities, where the only 

 places of gathering for the crowds are in open places, 

 and where the play-ground of children is the street, it 

 becomes naturally important to reserve abundant open 

 spaces of gravel or asphalt for seats for grown-up 

 people, and room for the romping of little ones. If 

 there should be more than an acre in a city square, there 

 may be found room for shelter, music and refreshment 

 stands, and these structures should be designed in the 

 simplest, most unostentatious manner possible, so that 

 the square, or small park, may retain its proper andorig- 

 inal character of a combination of trees, grass, and 



