Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1916 — WORK ON BUSINESS BASIS [ARTICLE]

WORK ON BUSINESS BASIS

City Parks Association of Philadelphia, Might Well Be Copied in Other Communities. The City Parks association has for a good many years now performed a most useful function for Philadelphia. It has managed to combine and concentrate the efforts of a large number of civic organizations upon a certain definite line of endeavor. This was originally, as its name Indicates, the creation of a comprehensive park system —the- enlargement of existing breathing spaces, the creation of new ones and the linking of all into a well-ordered system. While this great work is still in the making, the association has expanded its functions and it has done yeoman service in keeping alive high Ideals of city planning, teaching the people of Philadelphia the Importance of the larger vision in dealing with problems of urban beautification and pointing out far ahead of their actual realization the great works which must be carried through if Philadelphia is to continue to be a city of homes, alive to the progress of the times, a beautiful as well as a comfortable place to live and work in.