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Jun.
29,
2023,
9:32
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Hiroshima
peace
park
and
Pearl
Harbor
memorial
will
work
together
to
promote
peace
Hiroshima
and
Pearl
Harbor,
two
symbols
of
World
War
II
animosity
between
Japan
and
the
United
States,
are
now
promoting
peace
and
friendship
through
a
sister
park
arrangement
Summary
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a
brief
summary
of
this
topic
park,
large
area
of
ground
set
aside
for
recreation.
The
earliest
parks
were
those
of
the
Persian
kings,
who
dedicated
many
square
miles
to
the
sport
of
hunting;
by
natural
progression
such
reserves
became
artificially
shaped
by
the
creation
of
riding
paths
and
shelters
until
the
decorative
possibilities
became
an
inherent
part
of
their
character.
A
second
type
of
park
derived
from
such
open-air
public
meeting
places
as
those
in
ancient
Athens,
where
the
functions
of
an
exercising
ground,
a
social
concourse,
and
an
athletes’
training
ground
were
combined
with
elements
of
a
sculpture
gallery
and
religious
centre.
Boston
Public
Garden
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Category:
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Key
People:
Frederick
Law
Olmsted
Robert
Moses
André
Le
Nôtre
Jens
Jensen
Calvert
Vaux
Related
Topics:
zoo
tourism
national
park
recreation
In
the
parks
of
post-Renaissance
times,
there
were
extensive
woods,
rectilinear
allées
stretching
between
one
vantage
point
and
another,
raised
galleries,
and,
in
many
cases,
elaborate
aviaries
and
cages
for
wild
beasts,
attesting
to
the
hunting
proclivities
of
the
lords.
Later
the
concept
of
the
public
park
was
somewhat
domesticated.
An
area
devoted
simply
to
green
landscape,
a
salubrious
and
attractive
breathing
space
as
a
relief
from
the
densely
populated
and
industrialized
city
of
the
mid-19th
century,
became
important.
Examples
of
this
type
of
park
include
Birkenhead
Park
in
England,
designed
by
Sir
Joseph
Paxton;
Jean
Charles
Alphand’s
Bois
de
Boulogne,
outside
Paris;
Central
Park
in
New
York
City,
designed
by
Frederick
Law
Olmsted
and
Calvert
Vaux;
the
Botanic
Gardens
in
Melbourne,
Australia;
and
Akashi
Park
in
Kōbe,
Japan.
The
design
was
generally
romantic
in
character.
The
primary
purpose
was
to
provide
for
passive
recreation—walking
and
taking
the
air
in
agreeable
surroundings
reminiscent
of
the
unspoiled
country.
What
primarily
differentiates
modern
parks
is
their
accommodation
for
active
recreation.
Park
areas
differ
considerably
from
country
to
country,
and
their
designs
reflect
differences
in
climate,
cultural
attitudes,
social
habits,
and
pastimes.
In
the
gardens
of
the
Generalife,
a
Spanish
family
may
enjoy
its
holiday
outing
in
a
shaded
bosque
near
a
cool
fountain.
On
an
evening
in
Venice,
a
procession
with
banners
and
torches
may
sweep
into
one
of
the
little
piazzas.
In
the
Buttes-Chaumont
in
Paris,
children
may
reach
out
from
wooden
horses
on
the
merry-go-round
to
seize
a
brass
ring.
During
the
bright
summer
weekends
in
Stockholm,
residents
cultivate
vegetables
in
allotment
gardens
that
are
leased
to
them
by
the
park
department.
In
Israel,
Iran,
and
Pakistan,
basketball,
football
(soccer),
and
kabadei
(a
game
like
rugby)
are
played
in
parks;
in
Japan,
volleyball,
tennis,
and
sumo
(wrestling)
may
be
seen.
Almost
universally,
there
is
recognition
of
the
creative
possibilities
of
leisure
and
of
community
responsibility
to
provide
space
and
facilities
for
recreation.
Tricona
park
is
just
like
that..
