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Old 04-30-2010, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Bellevue, WA
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I love both Balboa Park and Stanley Park. San Diego and Vancouver are truly world-class cities.
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Old 04-30-2010, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Youngstown, Oh.
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Home | Mill Creek MetroParks

-Over 4,400 acres total. 792 acres run right through the city of Youngstown.
-Not sure about actual percentages, but there is a nice mix of natural, semi-natural, and groomed landscapes. Much of the original park was designed by Charles Eliot, who apprenticed with Frederick Law Olmsted.
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Old 04-30-2010, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Very First Park in the US: Boston Common! 1634

-50 acres
-730,000 people anually, US and Foreigners alike
-Nearly all of it.
-the frog Pond, The Public Gardens (almost all of it), the paths, the burrying grounds, the tennis and other variouse sport courts.
-Anything, walking, bycicle, roller scating, skate Board, Tennis, Basketball, Soccer, Kite Flying, Air Balooning, Frisbe, anything really as well as variouse festivals including the US legalize Merijuana festival.
-Downtown Boston, MA
-I Dont Know, I just know its the Oldest and one of the most visited.

Boston Common:

1848

Frog Pond, from East



Boston Common, 1728:



Boston Common, 1813

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Boston common, 1870:



Boston Common 2010:



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Old 04-30-2010, 05:11 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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City Park (New Orleans) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

City Park, a 1,300 acre (5.3*km²) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 6th-largest and 7th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. Although it is an urban park whose land is owned by the City of New Orleans, it is administered by the City Park Improvement Association, an arm of state government, not by the New Orleans Parks and Parkways Department. City Park is very unusual in that it is a largely self-supporting public park, with most of its annual budget derived from self-generated revenue through user fees and donations. In the wake of the enormous damage inflicted upon the park due to Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism began to partially subsidize the park's operations. City Park holds the world's largest collection of mature live oak trees, some older than 600 years in age. Its founding in 1853 also makes it one of the oldest parks in the country.

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