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Title
Plan for the Recreation Park for the City of Monrovia, Monrovia, 1923
Alternative Title
City of Monrovia Recreation Park
Date Created and/or Issued
February 5, 1923
1923-02-05
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The City of Monrovia Recreation Park is located on 620 South Shamrock Ave. at Lemon Ave. The park currently sits on 22 acres of land and includes barbecues, picnic tables, and ADA approved playground equipment.
Handwritten annotation: #2 - Cook - Hall & Cornell.
Recreation Park for the City of Monrovia. Scale: Once inch equals forty feet. Submitted in competition by Cook and Hall.
labels on plan: symbols, proposed trees only outline shown, existing oaks, trunks marked thus, note no existing oaks are to be cut, Orange Avenue, Olive Avenue, Shamrock Avenue, Lemon Avenue, Mountain Avenue, reservation for street, open lawn, light, hedge, swings, teeters, little children's playground, clock golf, fountain, national flag, state flag, drinking fountain, sandboxes, lawn bowls, handball, showers, toilets, office, arcade, basketball, paved patio for dancing, croquet lawn, wading pool, pergola, terrace balustrades, flowers, shelter, covered seat, women 100 dressing room, brick pavements, plunge, head house, storage, men's lockers, space for temporary seats, half pergola, turf panel, reflecting pool, women's outdoor gymnasium, gymnastic apparatus, basketball, roque, tennis court, pavilion, music court 1600 people, bandstand, parking space, background planting of trees, gate, grandstand for 5000 people, hidden fence, entrance for service, 1/4 mile track, athletic field, parking under grandstand, comfort station, table, picnic grove, fireplace, automobile camp, wash tubs, drying yard, men's outdoor gymnasium, caretaker's residence, garage, north
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0034
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Language
English
Subject
Lawns (landscaped grass)
Reflecting pools
Flagpoles
Environment
Hedges
Parks
Garden walks
Swimming pools
Trees
Drying yards
Terraces (landscaped-site elements)
Picnic areas
Lifestyle
Seesaws
Garages
Sunken gardens
Flower gardens
Government
Grandstands
Arcades (structural assemblies)
Garden seats
Balustrades
Swings
Fountains
Lampposts
Pergolas
City of Monrovia Recreation Park (Monrovia, Calif.)
Parking lots
Bandstands
Patios
Landscape architecture
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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