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Title: Public provision for recreation
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Haynes, Rowland
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Publisher: Cleveland, Cleveland Foundation Committee
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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wasobtained, in classifying the various sections withinthe corporate limits, according to five different typesof dwelling, from the very finest to the poorest, asfollows: Type 1 Highest grade homes with ample grounds. Type 2 High grade homes. Type 3 Better than average homes. Type 4 Average homes. Tvpe 5 Poorest homes; most congested areas. The sections included in each of the above buildingtypes are indicated on the map on the opposite page.The next step was to select for a survey of theamount of play space largely at random and yet witha view to their representative character, four or fiveprecincts within each building type. Type 1 waspurposely omitted from the survey because there isobviously enough play space for the children of thesewealthy homes. The Type 1 homes, moreover, em-brace only two comparatively small sections withinthe city and so far as size and population are con-cerned, are relatively insignificant. Surveys weremade of four precincts in Type 2, five precincts in 18
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Type 3, five precincts in Type 4, and four precinctsin Type 5. The detailed results of the findings ineach of the precincts surveyed will be found in theappendix to this volume. For facility in surveying,the area of 625 sq. ft. was taken as a unit. Thisunit was selected because of convenience for tworeasons. First, many city lots are of a 25-foot front-age or multiples thereof. Hence it was easier to de-note the spaces in terms of 25 x 25 feet. Second,this space is the smallest space on which two or threelittle children can play. If cut up into smaller areas,the play use of the land is practically negligible.Play unit as hereafter used, will denote a free playspace area of 625 sq. ft. From the four or five precincts surveyed in eachbuilding type, an average was obtained for each typeof the number of play units per acre. This averagewas then applied to all the other precincts of thesame building type that were evenly built up, inorder to get the total number of play units withinthat ty

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