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City Park in New Orleans, LA was improved and enlarged by the Olmsted Brothers in 1928. The firm was tasked with creating sketches for the lower 2,000 acres of undeveloped land and designing a memorial for John Popp, a local lumber mogul. The plan included the Popp memorial which “called for a double barrelled parkway approximately 100 feet wide, with a narrow turf strip between the two roadways.”

City Park in New Orleans, LA was improved and enlarged by the Olmsted Brothers in 1928. The firm was tasked with creating sketches for the lower 2,000 acres of undeveloped land and designing a memorial for John Popp, a local lumber mogul. The plan included the Popp memorial which “called for a double barrelled parkway approximately 100 feet wide, with a narrow turf strip between the two roadways.” Additionally, the main primary intersection of the park would include “a large circular pool with spurting water” (see plan 02003-14). [James Frederick Dawson to Mr. Richard Koch_03-10-1933_LOC-OAR-B-R78_im.24]

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