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American Park Systems 



The Existing and Proposed Outer Park 

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 of the Philadelphia Allied Organizations. 

 By Andrew Wright Crawford and Frank 

 Miles Day. Philadelphia, 1905. 



This is a remarkable document in many 

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 Thirty parks, in as many cities in the United 

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Not the least interesting fact connected with 

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 personal and organic jealousy, and that nearly 

 fifty different bodies should have joined hands 

 on the park question, and should have met the 

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 is a happy indication of newer, broader condi- 

 tions in a city long famed for its narrowness, 

 as well as noteworthy evidence of the hold 

 that parks, as useful adjuncts to the munici- 

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Although the primary purpose of preparing 

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 tained through the co-operation of many 

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 foresight has not before been so clearly set 

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