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  2. Urban park - Wikipedia

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    Central Park, one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, [1] is surrounded by the skyscrapers of Manhattan in New York City.. An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that ...

  3. Park - Wikipedia

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    In 2016 the Heritage Lottery Fund's State of UK Public Parks reported that "92 per cent of park managers report their maintenance budgets have reduced in the past three years and 95 per cent expect their funding will continue to reduce". [23] Central Park in New York City is the most-visited urban park in the U.S. [24]

  4. 10-Minute Walk - Wikipedia

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    A ten-minute walk is considered to be one-half-mile (0.80 km), which is the distance the National Park Service (NPS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses when they link park access and public health. [16] The first city in the U.S. to achieve a 10-Minute Walk to a park for every resident was San Francisco. [17] [18]

  5. Public works - Wikipedia

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    Public works is a multi-dimensional concept in economics and politics, touching on multiple arenas including: recreation (parks, beaches, trails), aesthetics (trees, green space), economy (goods and people movement, energy), law (police and courts), and neighborhood (community centers, social services buildings).

  6. State park - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, local government entities below state level may maintain parks, e.g., regional parks or county parks. In general, state parks are smaller than national parks, with a few exceptions such as Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California, and Wood-Tikchik State Park in Alaska, the largest state park in the United States.

  7. Why is Lexington funding parks when it could be doing more ...

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    OpEd: We the people, as a community, must care for the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized before parks and infrastructure.

  8. Neighborhood park - Wikipedia

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    Neighborhood parks are largely accessible by foot, bicycle, or public transit within at least a quarter-mile radius from residences, providing easy access especially for children and senior adults. Types of neighborhood parks include mini-parks, or pocket parks, and may be further described by their predominant recreational offering. They may ...

  9. Minnesota state parks changing, but most important things ...

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    Aug. 25—NEW LONDON — Minnesota's state parks have changed quite a bit from the days when most overnight visitors pitched a tent rather than rolled in with a camper or recreational vehicle, but ...