American municipal progress . park commission was created in Spokane in June, 1907,they took over a total park area of 173 acres, two-thirds of whichwas unimproved and encumbered with $20,000 of debts, whilethe appropriation for the whole year had been expended. Thecommission secured a temporary loan of $12,000 and later a bondissue of $100,000. Olmsted Brothers were invited to make apark plan. There was still insufficient money, but by 1911, Among the notable large parks that can be called outer only in the technicalsense, because their cities have surrounded them, are Franklin Park in Boston
American municipal progress . park commission was created in Spokane in June, 1907,they took over a total park area of 173 acres, two-thirds of whichwas unimproved and encumbered with $20,000 of debts, whilethe appropriation for the whole year had been expended. Thecommission secured a temporary loan of $12,000 and later a bondissue of $100,000. Olmsted Brothers were invited to make apark plan. There was still insufficient money, but by 1911, Among the notable large parks that can be called outer only in the technicalsense, because their cities have surrounded them, are Franklin Park in Boston,Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Forest Park in Saint Louis, Audubon and City Parks inNew Orleans, City Park in Denver, and the famous park a mile square that wasboldly laid out at the very center of the city plan of San Diego. Among the citiesthat have started with a clean sheet and laid out park systems of a comprehensivecharacter are Indianapolis, Louisville, Memphis, Kansas City, Omaha and thecities of the state of PARKS AND BOULEVARDS 283 when the commission plan gave the city a new lease of life, thepark area had been increased to 826 acres. In May, 1911, abond issue of one million dollars was voted. Although the citydid not get the benefit of the full amount, the park area wasincreased to 1934 acres, following the plans of the landscapearchitects. In five years time Spokane had raised itself fromthirty-third among American cities in its park provisions to oneof the leading cities of the country, measured by the service-abiUty of nearly 2000 acres of park space to 125,000 people. Seattles park system is notable, like those of Memphis andIndianapolis, because of its recent and speedy of $9,000,000 expended in securing 1800 acres of parks,playgrounds, and boulevards $4,000,000 were spent between 1906and 1912. When the agitation for the extension of parks began,the city owned six park areas, only three of which were improved,no playgrounds and no boul
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