Park Development and Open Space Advisory Board
Author : Broward County (Fla.). Parks and Recreation Division
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Parks
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Author : Broward County (Fla.). Parks and Recreation Division
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Parks
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Author : Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area. Open Space Advisory Committee
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Land use
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Author : Alexander Garvin
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
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What, exactly, is a park? What role have parks played in cities, and what will they need to be in the new economics and society of 21st century America? To answer these questions, noted planner and planning educator Alexander Garvin first describes the parks agenda of Frederick Law Olmsted, which dominated the design of American parks for over a century, until the last 50 years of suburbanization so radically changed the nation's landscape and society. Parks and open space, once thought of as essential to public life and an important government responsibility, are now often regarded as amenities that can be done without. In order to develop a new agenda that fits the economics, needs, and expectations of Americans in this century, Garvin studied the details of successful parks and open space projects throughout the country. He distilled a set of principles to guide the actions of public and private leaders in all aspects of park, recreation, and open space development. His ideas--many of which challenge existing practices and conventional wisdom--fit new times and circumstances in America. This beautiful report is extensively illustrated with plan drawings and the author's own color photographs of parks across America. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space was sponsored in part by the City Parks Forum (CPF), a fellowship of mayors, their park advisors, and community leaders that encourages collaboration and exchange of ideas about the role of parks in communities. The CPF is administered by the American Planning Association and supported in part by the Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. It is the first in a series of three reports by the City Parks Forum. The second report is Parks and Economic Development (PAS 502) by John L. Crompton.
Author : Eleanor Boggs Shoemaker
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,45 MB
Release : 2010-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781450202350
Public parks are administered at all levels of government local, county, state, and national. In Parks, People, Preservation, and Public Policy, author Eleanor Boggs Shoemaker examines the York County, Pennsylvania, Parks and Recreation Department and analyzes the underpinnings of its success. From its inception in 1968, Shoemaker, an ardent volunteer for York County Parks and Recreation, provides an in-depth look at the park system beginnings, its land acquisition, its development, and subsequent public enjoyment and support. Parks, People, Preservation, and Public Policy tightly documents the York County Parks' success formula in a lively commentary filled with many human interest details. A thorough appendix includes a timetable of significant accomplishments, charts, parks' descriptions, and lists of board commissioners, directors, advisory board members, park and recreation staff, and friends of the park system. With almost 4,500 acres of park area, the York County Parks serve as a model of a successful system that preserves open space for all ages of citizens for years to come.
Author : United States. Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments
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Page : pages
File Size : 18,31 MB
Release : 1961
Category : National parks and reserves
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Author : John Walter Christian
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Page : 1256 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Parks
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Author : Citizens Housing and Planning Council (New York, N.Y.). Committee on Open Spaces
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 20,34 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
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Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 34,44 MB
Release : 1971
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Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 1996
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Page : 752 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 1962
Category : National parks and reserves
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