Praeger Department of Parks survey and photographs 1934

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Praeger Department of Parks survey and photographs 1934

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The Praeger Department of Parks survey and photographs date from 1934 and measure 3.42 linear feet. The Praeger survey documents every park, playground, and gore in New York City at the time of the study, as well as undeveloped land owned by the parks department. The survey and photographs show the parks of New York City on the eve of improvements and development funded by the Works Progress Administration.

3.42 Linear feet; in one manuscript box and three record cartons.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks.

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The vast urban park system in New York City (over 29,000 acres) has its origins from a 1686 charter by Governor Thomas Dongan which provided for municipal stewardship of vacant and unappropriated land. This charter enabled the city to acquire and maintain public spaces including a marketplace, a military and parade ground, and a public commons in today's lower Manhattan. Constructed on part of the land from the original public spaces, Bowling Green, the oldest public park in New Yor...

Praeger, Emil

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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. ...