UNFENCED PARKS
Removal of Railings
PLEA FOR OPEN SPACES
A plea for the park without railings or fences was made at the annual conference of the Park Superintendents’ Association yesterday by the secretary, Mr. D. Tannock, of Dunedin, who quoted the Rt. Hon. George Lansbury’s hope that all the parks of England would one day be open all round, and used for open-air theatres and other artistic displays and pageants. Mr. M. J. Barnett (Christchurch) said he thought all were agreed that the removal of railings did, as a rule, improve the appearance of parks. In some cases, however, it was impossible to do so owing to a park being on a stock route. One of ’the reasons for the fence was the danger to children, who would run on to a road which carried a good deal of motor traffic. Of course, breakwinds were necessary for the shrubs. All the squares in Christchurch were without fences. Even Victoria Square, which used to have a chain railing, was now quite open. They had found that by opening up the parks they had no trouble through the public making tracks, for as they crossed the square from all points there was no tendency to wear tracks.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 105, 28 January 1931, Page 8
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