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CITIES. TOWNS AND VILLAGES
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Band-stand, Walpole, Mass., Common
Village greens and commons are characteristic of New England towns and cities. Every place needs small open spaces in its built-up sections
Village greens and commons are characteristic of New England towns and cities. Every place needs small open spaces in its built-up sections
needs a comprehensive, Well-distributed, well-developed system of parks and pleasure grounds. As yet, few American cities have been able to secure a well-balanced park system. Some cities have a liberal provision of public squares but few playgrounds and parks and no parkways. Others have large parks and boulevards but no playgrounds, while still others have parks and boulevards and playgrounds but few public squares. Many examples could be given of the unsatisfactory, incomplete, and one-sided way in which our so-
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