parks 



"The life history of humanity has proved 

 nothing more clearly than that crowded popula- 

 tions, if they would live in health and happiness, 

 must haoe space for air, for light, for exercise, 

 for rest, and for the enjoyment of that peaceful 

 beauty of nature which, because it is the opposite 

 of the noisy ugliness of towns, is so wonderfully 

 refreshing to the tired souls of towns-people." 

 — Charles Eliot. 



"In scarcely anything to be determined by 

 local public opinion acting influentially upon 

 local legislation and administration, is a city 

 likely to be so much made or marred for all its 



future as in proceedings in prosecution of a park 



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project. 



"For every thousand dollars judiciously in- 

 Vested in a park the dividends to the second gen- 

 eration of the citizens possessing it will be much 

 larger than to the first, the dividends to the third 

 generation much larger than the second. 



"That those in charge of a park work m 

 proceed economically; they must be able to pro- 

 ceed with confidence, method, and system, stead- 

 ily, step after step, to carry to completion a well- 

 matured design. " — Frederick Law Olmstead. 



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