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Sun 16 Jul, 2006 02:30 pm
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Public parks
Today, the primary meaning, based on the original meaning, is an area of open space provided for recreational uses. Parks in this sense are usually owned and provided by the government. Park uses are often divided into two categories: active and passive recreation. Active recreation is that which require intensive development and often involves cooperative or team activity, including playgrounds and ball fields. Passive recreation is that which emphasizes the open-space aspect of a park and which involves a low level of development, including picnic areas and trails.
From wikipedia
Certainly, a park in my suburbian village is different to one in an industrial estate: I live in a spa town, and a park there usually isn'tonly for recreation but also a figurehead of that place.
In today's Columbus Dispatch (frontpage and page A6/
online version), I found a report, looking at the state of Ohio's parks and what and how much (suburbian) communities provide for their residents.
How's the situation in your home town?
Excellent, thanks for asking. I'm heading there in a few minutes. Berg park is about three miles from one end to the other, with a river down the middle, and yes, it has water this year. No paving, but groomed pathways, and a certain amount of hard gravel roads. There is an artificial wetlands which has been accepted by ducks, geese, and a pair of muskrats. Other parts have deer, muskrats, and beaver, though you might go weeks at a time without seeing any of them.
My current city of residence, Paris, has a handful of wonderful parks. When I'm in the mood to just lounge around, I prefer the Parc de la Villette; but for sheer visual aesthetics my favorite is the Parc André Citroën.
Actually, Paris has indeed some wonderful parks.
My favourite is the parc Monceau. My all-over favourite isn't exactly a park ... but the 'green' at the Place Vosges is just marvellous for sitting and watching people :wink:
The Place Vosges is lovely, though I wish there were more of a compromise between the shaded area and the grass--I don't like having to choose! For people watching, I like the Tino Rossi Square, that small stretch of public space overlooking the Seine in the 5th arrondissment. And yes, also the wrought-iron chairs at the Jardin de Luxembourg!
I was reading about this park in the south of Paris recently -
about the park design -
http://www.larch.umd.edu/DSW/LARC_263_Examples/Parc_Andre_Citroen_Site.pdf
from -
http://www.letopdesparcs.com/parcs/citroen.jpg
(This photo is a page stretcher, so I'm just giving a link)
I see the photographer has artfully cut off the picture right at the spot where they've got the big hot-air balloon which, for 10, gives you a 150-meter view of the city for a few moments. It's a bit of a blemish on the park--it's the kind of balloon you see at car dealerships--but the place is still my favorite park in the city. I'm sort of an old-fashioned modernist, so I like all the 90º angles, the greys and blacks and whites. The picture also doesn't really give you an idea of just how charming the small "canal" running around the field is.
No complaints here either. Our parks are very well kept and very
inviting
Oh, right, Calamity, that is really a tip top park!!
Being new in Albuquerque, I've only been to the Rio Grande Nature Center, not all that far from my house, a couple of times - but am planning to walk there a lot more once the blast-furnace months pass.
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SOURCE
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LINK TO NATURE CENTER BUILDING BY ANTOINE PREDOCK, AND OTHER GOOD PHOTOS
Here's one of them -
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SOURCE
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More details here --
from Audubon.org on the Rio Grande Nature Center
Maruyama Park, Kyoto
(taken on 5/21)
The Kyoto Botanical Garden
(5/27)
I always enjoy your photos, satt! (And the Japanese landscape :wink: )
Thank you, Walter.
I hope I can take more good shots.
Friday night, Setanta, the dogs and I joined the hamburgers at a free Friday night jazz concert in Kingston's City Hall Park. This town is fun!
mini slide show
mrs. hamburger with miss cleopatra
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