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Modern civic art; or, The city made beautiful (1918)

Robinson, Charles Mulford, 1869-1917 · New York, Putnam · leaf 391

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standpointof civic art, which would find scant satisfaction inthe development of a beautiful park to the neglectof the remaining urban territory, this function isof extreme importance. There must be not con-junction, but combination; not addition, but change.If the park, in its skilfully emphasised… … CHAPTER XVII.DISTRIBUTION AND LOCATION OF PARKS. A YOUNG landscape architect, who subsequentlybecame in the achievements of his short lifeone of the leaders of his profession in theUnited States, has expressed conveniently the dif-ference in purpose of the city park and square.1He said: Smaller…

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