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First Annual Message of Archibald Johnston, 1918 [continued]
Furthermore, and pursuing this same idea, parkways should ultimately be built over and along the sewer lines in the valleys of the creeks, leading to and connecting up the various playgrounds. Somewhere in this comprehensive PARK SCHEME should be provided a forested area, furnished with facilities for family picnics and other pastimes which the whole project suggests. No planning would be adequate unless it provided for the need of ALL the people, both children and adults. Consequently, the development of these ideas calls for deep study and the broadest consideration, and it is realized that this cannot all be accomplished in the immediate future. Recommendation. IT IS NEVERTHELESS RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION AND ATTENTION.
In furtherance of this important subject, we have employed some of the best landscape architects in the country from whom we have taken advice and have this important subject under consideration.
With a view of impressing on our fellow-citizens how lacking we are in parks, parkways, playgrounds, etc., we quote from a report made by Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, City Planning Expert, which showsin concise form the city parking areas in sixty-four (64) cities of populations between 50,000 and 100,000, as follows:
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