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Why wasn't NYC's Central Park concept copied by other cities? (lemmy.ca)

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I'm talking about a massive park in the absolute heart of the city. Located such that is naturally surrounded by city high rises. *People are giving examples of parks that are way off in the boonies. I'm trying to say located centrally, heart of the city, you know where the high rises are. Yes I understand nyc has more, the point is centrally located.

Copied by younger cities in North Americ. You know, the cities younger than NYC that could have seen the value of setting aside a large area for parkland before it was developed.

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[-] derf82@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

NYC’s Central Park has 843 acres

Cleveland’s Emerald Necklace has 7 parks with over 1,500 acres. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Metroparks

And that doesn’t even count a 32,000 acre national park just south of greater Cleveland.

New York is just a more famous large city. Plenty of other cities have vast parks.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 1 year ago

Not to mention Summit Metro Park's 14,000 acres (which largely but up against the two park systems you mentioned)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Metro_Parks

Cleveland and Akron did well on preserving access to nature

[-] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Chicago has an emerald necklace as well. Also millennium Park might for ops request.

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