A famous scenic park can disappoint while its humbler neighbor delights
Evidence
As the sun was getting low I reached Bergens Park, which was to put me out of conceit with Estes Park. Never! It is long and featureless, and its immediate surroundings are mean. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 178
Categorization
- SHARE: Only someone who has argued about Colorado parks would enjoy this contrarian dismissal of Bergens Park as ‘long and featureless’ and ‘mean.’
- XREF: connects to: Visitors arrive for recreation yet readily accept nature’s invitation to wonder — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 706; Parks offer firsthand acquaintance with nature that books cannot supply — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 708; Wealthy opponents of parks derided prospective visitors as city rabble — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 813 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Wealthy opponents of parks derided prospective visitors as city rabble
#complicates(0.90) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 813 - Park opposition came from wealthy estate owners protecting their private grounds
#complicates(0.90) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 852 - Visitors arrive for recreation yet readily accept nature’s invitation to wonder
#expands(0.75) — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 706 - Parks offer firsthand acquaintance with nature that books cannot supply
#expands(0.75) — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 708 - Most park visitors regard natural quiet as essential to their well-being.
#expands(0.75) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 2253 - A park’s central feature can be a building dedicated to silence
#complicates(0.75) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 852