A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park: Prepared at the Request of the American Social Science Association, and Read at Its Meeting in Saratoga, 1880 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park: Prepared at the Request of the American Social Science Association, and Read at Its Meeting in Saratoga, 1880 An Act to Define and Limit the Uses of Public Parks, which declares that all properties so classed under the laws Of the State, when exceeding 100 acres in extent, are intended and shall be appropriated for the recreation Of the people by means Of their rural, sylvan, and natural scenery and character, that they must be used and managed in accordance with this definition and that no ground in them shall be appropriated or used in such a manner as to lessen their value and advantages for such recreation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.