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16.1 Harlequin Parks

Contents list

16.1 Park Character
16.2 Red Park Space
16.3 Blue Park Space
16.4 Yellow Park Space
16.5 Orange Park Space
16.6 Purple Park Space
16.7 Brown Park Space
16.8 Grey Park Space
16.9 White Park Space
16.10 Greenspace
16.11 Aged Parks
16.12 Toddler Parks
16.13 Childrens Parks
16.14 Teenager Parks
16.15 Yuppie Parks
16.16 Family Parks
16.17 Third Age Parks
16.18 Cultural Parks
16.19 Park Ownership and Management
16.20 Religious Parks
16.21 Art Parks
16.22 Political Parks
16.23 Ethnic Parks
16.24 Flood Parks
16.25 Recycling Parks
16.26 Air Conditioning Parks
16.27 Permaculture Parks
16.28 Restaurant Parks
16.29 Garden Parks
16.30 Club Parks
16.31 Bird Parks
16.32 Dog Parks
16.33 Museum Parks
16.34 Photographic Parks
16.35 Swimming Parks
16.36 Park Diversification
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Park character

Green space is all very well. It is soft, relaxing and favoured by those who are charged with keeping municipal order. But green is not the only colour. Other hues, other emotions and other possibilities can be envisaged and then planned. Imagination and organization are the only requisites. By turns, we feel solitary, gregarious, adventurous, amorous, aggressive, bored and excited. These, and all the other moods, some of which can be symbolized by colours, deserve accommodation in the public realm of a town. So we need harlequin plans for harlequin space, to suit our harlequin lives (Figure 16.1).