City plan for Akron, prepared for Chamber of commerce . lities. Fountain Parkis used only as a fair grounds. Elizabeth Park is jirimarily a playground, and Sum-mit Lake Park, while a good step in the right direction, shoukl be promptlyenlarged to enclose the lake and control its shore lines; otherwise the private devel-opments are apt to be such as to spoil the entire body of water for jjark ])urposes. What Akron needs is an inner series of small parks and playgrounds of from tento fifteen acres each, that will coordinate with the existing areas, and in addition asystem of large naturalistic a
City plan for Akron, prepared for Chamber of commerce . lities. Fountain Parkis used only as a fair grounds. Elizabeth Park is jirimarily a playground, and Sum-mit Lake Park, while a good step in the right direction, shoukl be promptlyenlarged to enclose the lake and control its shore lines; otherwise the private devel-opments are apt to be such as to spoil the entire body of water for jjark ])urposes. What Akron needs is an inner series of small parks and playgrounds of from tento fifteen acres each, that will coordinate with the existing areas, and in addition asystem of large naturalistic and country parks connected l)y [larkiMJ drives andstreets and made readily availal)le by trolley Un- the people not onl.\- from all partsof the city, but also from the siuroimdiug country. Small recreation areas will domuch to make a city attractive and livable, and their ac(|uisition shoidd be en-couraged, but they count for very little in providing the broader recreational facili-ties which a city population imperatively needs. ^9 5CH00L MAP DIAGEAM. School Map T^HE public-school system is one of the organizations that feels first the-*? effects of a rapid increase of population, and it requires careful planningand foresight to meet the insistent and endless demand for more space andnew schools. Just as it is desirable to purchase land in advance for parks,so the school districts should be mapped out in advance and future buildingsites selected and purchased not only for more schools, but also for additionalhigh schools and other special schools. A city scarcely ever shows too greatforesight in this matter. In providing school sites three consitlerations should be kept in mind —the tlistauce between school sites, the size of the grounds, and the topo-graphical character of the property. The diagrams showing the distributionof population in Akron and the distribution of buildings will be of assistancein gauging the trend of growth and the tlemand for schools. Unfortunatelyth
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