THE CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT
PARKS AND PARKWAYS PARKWAYS
The Bennett Civic Center Plan of 1923 celebrated the city’s 50th birthday along with three major planning initiatives. The first focused on creating a civic center axis connecting a new city hall, library, and auditorium.
The Bennett Plan and the Arroyo Link
CARMELITA GARDENS Dean Damon of Pasadena’s City Beautiful movement helped lead the effort to create a park at Carmelita in 1923, inaugurating its use as a civic space and arts institute (p177), a campaign later led by Enerst Batchelder.
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Myron Hunt
THE ARROYO PARK PLAN In 1917-18, Myron Hunt chaired a civic effort that produced the first detailed master plan for the Arroyo Seco. Their “Park Extension Policy” included linking Defenders Parkway with the Arroyo Seco as seen on page 38.
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As it was already under construction in the early 1922s, Defenders Parkway was not part of the Bennett Plan. This is its position just outside of the corner of the Bennett plan. See p39 for details.
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White labels, lines and color have been added for illustration purposes.
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