It is, however, necessary, to a satisfactory result that what is 

 wholly incompatible with one purpose and at the same time not 

 absolutely necessary to the other should he everywhere rigidly 

 avoided and excluded. For instance, a railroad station, a manufac- 

 tory with chimnies and steam engines, advertising displays, wagons 

 for commercial traffic, fast driving, gambling booths, a market 

 place, though all of these may be seen in some town parks, are 

 clearly there by mistake and want of proper consideration.'" We 

 may add that whatever the numbers to be accommodated, it is in- 

 compatihle with the rural character required in a park, that any- 

 thing like the embarrassing turmoil, confusion and discordant din, 

 common to the crowded streets of the town should be necessarily 

 encountered within it, while it is equally evident that no regard for 

 scenery should be allowed to prevent the assemblage and movement 

 of great crowds within the park— of crowds much greater than 

 will occur anywhere else in the town. 



To admit of this, and at the same time maintain anything of a 

 rural, natural, tranquilizing and poetic character in the scenery, the 

 driving room, riding room, walking room, sitting room, skating, 

 sailing and playing room, must be not only liberally designed, but 

 must be studied and adapted to all the natural circumstances of the 

 site with the greatest care. 



HOW THE OBJECTS OF A PARK ARE TO BE PURSUED. 



To illustrate the practical application of these views, we will take 

 one of the many classes of arrangements for the accommodation of 

 the movements of the public through a park : The drive, or carriage 

 way, and consider what is required in it. 



A drive must be so prepared that those using it shall be called 

 upon for the least possible exercise of judgment as to the course to 



* There will always be a temptation to make use of the ground of a park for other 

 public purposes than those to which it is primarily devoted, and, if this is not guarded 

 against at the outset, there is great danger that after a time the purposes for which a 

 park is especially designed will be subordinated, and all that has been done to meet 

 them sacrificed to purposes which, with proper forethought and economy, would be 

 equally well met on other sites. A park is a center about which public buildings are 

 most appropriately placed, but if there is to be an obvious relation between the buildings 

 and the scenery of the park, both should be parts of the same design. If no such 

 relation is required, the buildings should not be seen from withiu the park. This subject 

 is further discussed under the head of " Museums and other Edifices." 



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