Supplementary Series | Volume 1: Writings on Public Parks, Parkways, and Park Systems | Introduction and Text
IntroductionThe First Response to a Public Park“The People's Park at Birkenhead, near Liverpool,” May 1851A Classic Park Plan“Preliminary Report to the Commissioners for Laying Out a Park in Brooklyn, New York,” 24 January 1866The Concept of the “Park Way”“Report to the Brooklyn Park Commission,” 1 January 1868The Psychological Effect of Park Scenery“Address to the Prospect Park Scientific Association,” May 1868The First Park System of Olmsted, Vaux & Co.To William Edward Dorsheimer, 1 October 1868Parks and City Planning“Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns,” February 25, 1870Landscape Themes for a Park in Chicago“Report Accompanying Plan for Laying Out the South Park,” March 1871Protection of the Greensward Plan for Central Park“A Review of Recent Changes, and Changes Which Have Been Projected, in the Plans of the Central Park,” January and February 1872The Policing of Urban Parks“General Order for the Organization and Routine of Duty of the Keepers' Service of the Central Park,” 31 March 1873Parks in Europe and America“Park,” from the American Cyclopedia 1875The Special Characteristics of a Park“A Consideration of the Justifying Value of a Public Park,” 28 January 1881Planning a Park on a Mountain Site“Mount Royal, Montreal,” 1881An Island Park and the Structures Appropriate to It“Belle Isle: after One Year,” June 1884Planning Urban Waterways as Public Open Space“Paper on the Back Bay Problem and Its Solution,” 2 April 1886A “Country Park” for a New England Setting“Notes on the Plan of Franklin Park and Related Matters,” 1886Preservation of Natural Scenery“General Plan for the Improvement of the Niagara Reservation,” 1887Designing a Second Park for a City’s Recreation System“Plan for a Public Park on the Flats South of Buffalo,” 1 October 1888A Last Attempt to Define the Purpose of ParksTo Joseph Thomas Carew, 30 January 1894