"Urban Parks"
This writing talks about the history of parks. The very first parks were used for grazing cattle and militias purposes. Some parks were build for certain purposes like the Central park was build for landscaping. This chapter gives us a little history about different types of parks and the movements they started. Olmsted wanted to create great social spaces out of the materials of nature. So he creates the lakes, streams, waterfalls and pastures. Pelham Bay park belongs to the era of public reservation. it is selected for the scenic value of its shoreline ans adjacent islands alog long island sound.
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