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16.17 Third Age 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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Senior citizens like spaces of all colours, provided they are safe and comfortable. This may exclude red, purple and brown space. They like to see parks that remind them of the world as it was when they were young, when their parents were young and when their grandparents were young. These worlds, they know for sure, were safer and better than today's world. Each city that was great in the nineteenth century should have at least one fully themed Victorian Park. London has the world's first and most famous Victorian Park. Though recently restored, it remains insufficiently Victorian