Assiniboine Park: Designing and Developing a Peoples Playground Spector David
Assiniboine Park: Designing and Developing a Peoples Playground Spector David In 1904, Assiniboine Park was conceived as a people's playground, a place devoid of commercial amusements where all…
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Assiniboine Park: Designing and Developing a Peoples Playground Spector David
In 1904, Assiniboine Park was conceived as a people's playground, a place devoid of commercial amusements where all classes of Winnipeggers could relax and rejuvenate in idyllic and Arcadian surroundings. It explains the actions, conflicts, and arguments of a colorful cast of politicians and bureaucrats who made the park what it is today. The book traces the development of the park and its infrastructure--the layout of fields, forests and gardens, the two pavilions, the conservatories and the zoo--and how this corresponded with an ever-evolving Winnipeg.
The story of Assiniboine Park is told within the wider context of the evolution of urban parks in Canada and the United