Overview
| Repository | Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201 |
| Creator | City of Dallas Park Board
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| Title | Report on the Dallas Park System
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| Dates | 1934
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| Quantity | 3 linear inches
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| Abstract | Typescript report with folded landscaping plans.
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| Identification | 2003-015 |
| Language | Records are in English |
Scope and Content
The City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department provides leisure, recreational and cultural activities for the citizens of Dallas and the general public and maintains more than 21,000 park acres including 4,400 surface acres of water at 17 park sites, 17,196 acres of greenbelt/park land, and 61.6 miles of jogging and bike trails at 24 locations. There are over 400 individual parks, including recreational facilities such as community centers, swimming pools, athletic fields, and a metropolitan zoo.
The report was written by Wynne B. Woodruff, landscape architect, who was commissioned by the board to create a master plan for the maintenance and growth of the Dallas park system. In 1934, there were approximately sixty-four parks and spaces ranging from small plots of less than 1/10 of an acre up to 2,500 acres. The report includes recommendations both for renovation for older parks and new development for later ones. Some parks retain the same names used in the report; others have been renamed since 1934.
Collection consists of the original typescript report and accompanying drawings and plans. Selected drawings were unbound from the bindings to prevent further deterioration. Many, but not all drawings, are color renderings. Some drawings and suggestions are conjectural and were not implemented.
Organization
The collection is arranged by subject. The collection contains oversized objects.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
Citation
Report on the Dallas Park System, 19 34 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Materials
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Parks -- Texas -- Dallas
Container List
| Box | Folder | Title, Date |
| 1 | 1 | Report on the Dallas Park System, 1934. [OS]
[Contents: Landscape development of Dallas parks Bachman's Lake Park Buckner Park Central Square City Park Cochran Park Cole Park Colonial Park Comfort station and picnic units Craddock Park Exall Park Exline Park Garrett Park Grauwyler Park Herndon Park Kiest Park Lake Cliff Park Library Plaza Marsalis Park Martin Weiss Park Oak Lawn Park Plaza and boulevards Stevens Park Tenison Park Tietze Park Turtle Creek Boulevard Wahoo Park White Rock Lake Park Winnetka Park List of plant material Supervision Recommendations] |