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Posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Jul 30 19:13:20 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by Michael549 on Mon Jul 30 01:35:39 2007. I don't know how active the "Parks Department" was before Moses came to the scene. I believe he was the first City Parks Commissioner. Before him, each borough had its own department and I doubt if they did anything at all between 1811 to the 1930's, probably just maintained the few parks the city had. Caro talks how desperate the situation was before Moses. People used cemeteries as parks by picnicing in them. Or else they would just set up barbeques along the side off rural roads. So when you say the Parks Department was created to give the city breathing space, I'm still not sure what you mean.I can't really disagree with anything else you said. Yes, Moses could have built smaller parks. I guess he felt it just wasn't economical or wasn't worth the effort or had other reasons. |
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