and sanity.The kind of parks we have in the late 20th Century did not always exist. The first known parkland used for recreation belonged to an ancient Persian king who liked to hunt for pleasure. Down through the ages, the estates of most monarchs had gardens and hunting areas, and sometimes the poor public was allowed in. As the common people became more powerful, they used and built parks ...
enormous numbers that take up house ourselves and our machines. to make possible our transportation, communication and recreation. All these things disturb the wild, depriving many species of plants and animals of their natural habitat-and sometimes, as a side consequence, favoring a few others, such as rats and roaches. The more of ourselves and our works we place underground, below the ...