Third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Cleveland, 1895 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Cleveland, 1895 (Classic Reprint) written by Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Third Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Cleveland, 1895 As it has been known in the past, with its many thou sands of noble trees, - adornin g the humble thoroughfare as well as the ma gnzj'icent avenue, given the added charm of a band of verdure extending about it and forming a har monious union with the great body of water which in itself forms such possibilities for giving enjoyment to lovers of the beautiful; giant beeches, oaks and elms, with maples, poplars and other varieties of forest trees, standing upright in their primitive condition drooping willows shading pellucid pools wide stretches of green lawn with banks of sweet-seen ted, var/colored blossoms tiny streams of crystal clear water running over beds of rock and sand larger streams flank in g deep, cool recesses, where summer heat scarce finds itself able to penetrate, and passing under arching branches of foliage unrivaled in perfection, and rustic bridges over which a grand boulevard finds its way musical cascades that play the harmonies of nature with a master hand and in all the various heys depths of ravine, the ma gn lfi cence of whose rugged grandeur causes the beholder to forget any fancied importance of his own as he realizes the z'nszgnificance of man as compared with nature's might in short, a harmoni. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.