. Architect and engineer. Tilts park includes more tban four hundred acres of undulating land,situated close to the seasbcoe. Xote the striking indi\-iduality of planin the large acreage devoted to bathing and boating: in the lagoons>stem5 of sea water, controlled by tide gates: in the music court,located on a peninsula: in the marine aquarium, zoo, picnic gardens and play space i<x active recreation: in the systemof drivewa\-s encircling a series of ornamental park secticms: and inthe communitj- house. Located in a residential area, the bcffders of thepark are planned
. Architect and engineer. Tilts park includes more tban four hundred acres of undulating land,situated close to the seasbcoe. Xote the striking indi\-iduality of planin the large acreage devoted to bathing and boating: in the lagoons>stem5 of sea water, controlled by tide gates: in the music court,located on a peninsula: in the marine aquarium, zoo, picnic gardens and play space i<x active recreation: in the systemof drivewa\-s encircling a series of ornamental park secticms: and inthe communitj- house. Located in a residential area, the bcffders of thepark are planned with consideration for surrounding property interest?. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 13 ? AUGUST, NINETEEN THIRTi-THREE. RECREATION PARK, MONROVIA. CALIFORNIA Twenty-three acres of land planned to provide maximum recreationfacilities, while still preserving a large number of age-old live plan won first place in a design competition for this park, asbeing well organized best to solve the particular problems of thesite, aff()rding maximum use facilities and presenting well organizedcomposition. Though formal in plan, such seeming symmetry isbroken by the numerous live oaks which lend much picturesquenesslo the actual development. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEEH ^ 14 ? AUGUST, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE
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