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aachener weiher // köln innerer grüngürtel

an oasis between the belgian quarter and lindenthal.

eine oase zwischen dem belgischen viertel und lindenthal.

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From: Gandy, Joseph Michael, J. W Harding, and C Rosenberg. The Rural Architect : Consisting of Various Designs for Country Buildings, Accompanied with Ground Plans, Estimates, and Descriptions. London: Printed for John Harding, 36, St. James’s-Street, 1806.

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Celebrating 140 Years of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, 1883 – 2023

The original Board of Park Commissioners was appointed by the Minnesota State Legislature in 1883 following a vote of Minneapolis residents. Charles Loring (Loring Park namesake) was the board’s first president and William Berry the board’s first superintendent. During Berry’s tenure, the Board of Park Commissioners acquired much of its current park land, including the Chain of Lakes, Minnehaha Park, and Glenwood Park. Theodore Wirth was named as Berry’s successor in 1906. Wirth was an advocate for the use of parks by all community members, and he was a national leader in the establishment of neighborhood parks and recreation facilities. The city’s largest park, Glenwood Park, (which is 90% of the size of New York City's Central Park!) was renamed Theodore Wirth Park in 1938.

During the twentieth century, the park board continued to expand the Minneapolis Park System, increase recreation services within the parks, and manage existing park lands. Today the park Superintendent and Board commissioners, elected by Minneapolis residents, oversee 185 parks comprising 7,059 acres of parkland and water. The Minneapolis parks have been nationally recognized as a preeminent park system and the city consistently ranks among the top 5 park systems in the United States. More than 98 percent of Minneapolis residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park.

Special Collections houses the official records of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners (now the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board) from the 1890s to 1960s. We have over 150 boxes of committee materials, correspondence, subject files, petitions, oversize maps, and other administrative records created by the Park Board. View the collection at Minneapolis Central Library.

Find maps and photos of the parks in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.