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Cockney Rhyming Slang

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city planning

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Finland

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confucius say

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J.R.R. Tolkien

parenting

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is but pavement disguised with a growth of grass.

G58 Parks are but pavement disguised with a growth of grass. Ibid. GISSING, George (1857-1903)

 can neither be reasoned with nor lied to. Only diverse surroundings have the practical power of inducing a natural, continuing flow of life and use.

You can neither lie to a neighborhood park, nor reason with it. 'Artist's conceptions' and persuasive renderings can put pictures of life into proposed neighborhood parks or park malls, and verbal rationalizations can conjure up users who ought to appreciate them, but in real life only diverse surroundings have the practical power of inducing a natural, continuing flow of life and use. Jane Jacobs

is pavement disguised with a growth of grass.

is a picturesque parcel of landscaping set aside by cities for use by muggers, drug dealers, squirrels and habitual sex offenders.

Raising children, esp. by consenting adults of heightened consciousness and sensitivity. Gerund form of the verb to parent, conjugated in the present indicative as follows: I parent thou parentest :~e } parents it we parent you parent they parent PARK A picturesque parcel of landscaping set aside by cities for use by muggers, drug dealers, squirrels and habitual sex offenders .

is a necessary counterbalance within the city.

Olmsted argues that parks are a necessary counterbalance within the city.

is , when unpopular, troublesome not only because of the waste and missed opportunities it implies, but also because of its frequent negative effects... its dangers

is less about ecology than it is about creating a pleasing experience of nature, a Disneyland wilderness containing all the thrills with none of the risks.

Hermer argues that parks are less about ecology than about creating a pleasing experience of nature, a Disneyland wilderness containing all the thrills with none of the risks. Further, he suggests that the extensive regulatory framework necessary to bring this representation of nature into being threatens both the environment and society at large.

park, n.Trivia

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