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NEW IDEALS IN THE PLANNING OF

3. To acquire property for large parks in advance of a general settlement of the neighborhood.

4. To select generally, but not always, lands which are not well adapted topographically for streets and buildings.

5. To distribute the parks and playgrounds over the city in such a way as to give the maximum of use to the people who will be called upon to pay for their acquisition, development and maintenance.

The term "parks" is used in a loose sense to cover all sorts of public grounds. City squares, commons, public gardens, playgrounds, neighborhood centers, parkways, large