VOTE: Best Public Park

eusebius · June 4th, 2005, 01:10 AM

http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~hammond/f.../sonsbeek.html

Zijpendaal & Sonsbeek:

Belvedère Sonsbeek (1826, gift from Paris)

Sonsbeek Buiten is like the Dokumenta (Kassel) a 7 yearly exhibition

Panorama:
http://www.antonenmarieke.demon.nl/sonsbeek.htm

Anyway, selecting parks from huge cities seems invalid with much greater parks in much smaller cities. The most beautiful urban park must imho be Palais des Papes, Avigon and Marienbad, Kassel and many others beat the parks of the huge cities. Come on, Hyde Park is a nice park in a great city. It's not the park that would rank amongst the 4 best.
Travel more, Foxy. Start in Paris: Boulogne, Luxembourg, Vincennes, Versailles, Fontaineblau while I can think of lovely parks on Wales' West Coast, just not sure whether they're public. Carolina, north of Copenhagen is another that deserves a mention.

People should veer away from the idea that great things can only happen in huge cities. With parks I find it's rather the opposite. In England I'd nominate Canterbury and Chester over London. The usual hang-up on London, I'm afraid.

View Poll Results: Vote for your favourite park.
Central Park, New York	42	58.33%
Hyde Park, London	18	25.00%
St James' Park, London	2	2.78%
Parque Guell, Barcelona	10	13.89%
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June 4th, 2005, 01:10 AM	#21
eusebius BANNED Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Trumpton-upon-Ravon Posts: 7,752 Likes (Received): 0	http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~hammond/f.../sonsbeek.html Zijpendaal & Sonsbeek: Belvedère Sonsbeek (1826, gift from Paris) Sonsbeek Buiten is like the Dokumenta (Kassel) a 7 yearly exhibition Panorama: http://www.antonenmarieke.demon.nl/sonsbeek.htm Anyway, selecting parks from huge cities seems invalid with much greater parks in much smaller cities. The most beautiful urban park must imho be Palais des Papes, Avigon and Marienbad, Kassel and many others beat the parks of the huge cities. Come on, Hyde Park is a nice park in a great city. It's not the park that would rank amongst the 4 best. Travel more, Foxy. Start in Paris: Boulogne, Luxembourg, Vincennes, Versailles, Fontaineblau while I can think of lovely parks on Wales' West Coast, just not sure whether they're public. Carolina, north of Copenhagen is another that deserves a mention. People should veer away from the idea that great things can only happen in huge cities. With parks I find it's rather the opposite. In England I'd nominate Canterbury and Chester over London. The usual hang-up on London, I'm afraid.