The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-23
NEED MORE PARKS
City Planning Board VIII Es-
tablish Fourteen in Topeka.
Recommendations viii Be Made
to City Commission Soon.

Fourteen new neighborhood or COM
munity parks should be acquired by
the city to guarantee provision for
adequate community recreatonal
areas, particularly in new city addi-
tions, according to the report made
by Harland Bartholomew, city plan
engineer, to the Topeka City Planning
board. The board is reviewing
Bartholomew report and comforting
with various civic organizations ana
will make recommendation to the
CITY commission after the survey is
completed.
Topeka has already come to under
stand the distinct service of the nelgn-
borhood park, Mr.. BartholoIlSM
points out. Ripley and Central parks
are of this character. Garfield park
could be made such if its genera
treatment were modified, as it is no"
rather more of a commercial amuse-
ment park
Urges More Parks.
In the careful development of the
city in the future more parks OF TINS
nature ought to be created. Ihete
should be a neiShborhood PARK VIII
at least one-half mile of every cltlZeh'
These parks, consequently, should APP
pear quite uniformly at Intervals Oh
approximately one mile over the Gil
tire area of the city.
The opportunity to create neighoor-
hood marks in the present built-up
city has passed. Nothing stands IN the
way. however, of carrying out ois-
tinct policy as regarGs future nelsh-
borhood parks. ,,.
Topeka now has nelshDoIIloou
marks as follows: Central park, Lake
wood park, Edgewood park, ripley
lark. CITY park and Garfield park.
q The minimum size of the neighbor-
hood parks should be twenty acres
They are parks that one should pc ape
to walk to- Their design should oIIeI
the very minimum OF accommodatloh
to the automobile. The larger outly-
ing parks and the pleasure drives are
for those who use automoolles. Inc
neighborhood parks are for neighbor-
hood use.
Locations for Parks.
Bartholomew recommends the &C
QUESTION of property and location OF
additional neighborhood parks as fol-
lows:
The acquisition of the Meade estate
at the foot of Fillmore to serve the
district between Topeka boulevard and
Broadmoor north of Eighth avenue.
The acquisition of a small plot be-
tween The Drive and Grove street to
add to a small community park al
ready established.
The acquisition of the area between
Tyler and Western from Twenty-first
to Twenty-fifth streets to serve the
rapidly developing territory south of
Nineteenth and from Kansas avenue
on westward.
The acquisition of the area between
Washburn and Summit, north or
Tenth avenue, to serve the present
built-up district from West street to
the city limits and beyond and be-
tween Huntoon and Sixth avenue.
The acquisition of the area north of
Garfield and between North Harrison
and North Tyler. This is to serve the
west half of North Topeka and makes
ample provision for park areas for
looking toward development of North
Topeka.
other areas recommended for ac-
QUESTION are outside the present city
limits and their purchase at this time
is suggested primarily for economy.
They include two areas north OF
st. John street and west of Austin
avenue in North Topeka; south of Di-
vision street and east of Forest avenue
on the East side; From Oakley ave-
nue. to Arnold avenue, between Miller
avenue and West Euclid, to serve the
district building up west of Washburn;
An area north of Seabrook just west
of a line drawn from the north end
of Jewell avenue, Seabrook, to Lew
ellyn place; Between Twenty-third
and Twenty-fourth streets just east of
Indiana avenue, in Highland Park;
From the Santa Fe tracks east to
Washington street between Tenth
avenue and Eleventh street; From
California avenue to Long street, be-
tween East Eighth avenue and East
Ninth street, on the East side; and a
park in Oakland, extending from
Iowa street and Belmont between
Forrest avenue and Michigan avenue.