Praeger, Emil
In 1934, Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia united each of the five New York City borough parks departments under a new city-wide Department of Parks. That year, under the direction of commissioner Robert Moses, the department conducted a study titled "Comprehensive Survey of the Parks and Playgrounds in New York City," documenting all public spaces in the city overseen by the parks department. The study was conducted by Emil Praeger (1892-1973), chief engineer for the Department of Parks.
- Sources
- "Emil Prager, 81, Engineer, Is Dead." New York Times, October 17, 1973, 44.
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. "Online Historic Tour: Robert Moses and the Modern Park System (1929-1965)." Accessed May 11, 2011. http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_history/historic_tour/history_robert_moses_modern.html
From the guide to the Praeger Department of Parks survey and photographs, 1934, (Brooklyn Historical Society)
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