City with the best parks/parks system (place, bigger, Chicago)
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Which city has the best parks/public spaces within (adjacent to works, too) its boundaries? What makes that city's park system so great?
NYC gets my vote because its got huge tracts of park space throughout the city, as well as numerous smaller ones everywhere. It seems like almost anywhere you go (save for some parts of Brooklyn), there is a park within easy walking distance. Additionally, the parks are varied in terms of amenities and design with some being almost exclusively plotted for activities while others are mainly for nice strolls and a quick escape from the city. My only frustration with the parks system is that some of them are not particularly well-maintained.
I also liked Philadelphia's various squares in the center city, though I'm not sure about the rest of the place.
I'm listing cities that I've read to have at least decent parks, but I'm sure I've missed a few notable candidates.
As for the poll: sorry for neglecting the South and skewing it so heavily on the Olmstead-planned stuff. I'd just read a biography on Olmstead, and I've never really ventured into the deep South before.
Are Chicago's parks as well interspersed as NYCs (if you happen to know)?
Also, here's a link detailing the percentage some cities are devoted to parkland:
Chicago and New York, pretty easily at the top. Savannah is a very notable small city with a great park system. All those squares downtown and such.
Philadlephias Fairmount Park is 11x the size of NY's Central Park and twice as large as Chicagos entire park system. You have the entire world at your fingertips, use them.
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As for the poll: sorry for neglecting the South and skewing it so heavily on the Olmstead-planned stuff. I'd just read a biography on Olmstead, and I've never really ventured into the deep South before.
Are Chicago's parks as well interspersed as NYCs (if you happen to know)?
Also, here's a link detailing the percentage some cities are devoted to parkland:
Philadlephias Fairmount Park is 11x the size of NY's Central Park and twice as large as Chicagos entire park system. You have the entire world at your fingertips, use them.
How many harbors and beaches does that include? Museums? Conservatories? Formal gardens? How many lagoons are included in there? Besides that, Philly's entire park system is called "Fairmount Park" so why are you trying to portray it as one park when you say it's bigger than Chicago's entire system? The actual Fairmount Park (the main one) isn't as big as Chicago's entire park system so...you have the entire world at your fingertips, use it.
I thought the question was 'best' anyway, and not "most acreage".
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1. Chicago
2. NYC
NYC has Central Park and thats it. Chicago, and theres nobody else even close.
You seriously think Central park is the only nice park in NYC? Bryant park is also really nice. Free ice skating in the winter, free movies, free broadway premieres on stage. Can't get much nicer than that, besides Central Park.
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