Abstract
This is a chatty and lavishly illustrated volume that will enhance anyone’s coffee table. In chapters that combine a historic overview with focused accounts of such topics as recreational activities, transportation, historic houses, and public art, the authors offer helpful information about Philadelphia’s incomparable park system. The three fi nal chapters in particular provide a detailed account of the reorganization of park administration following disestablishment of the Fairmount Park Commission (FPC), as well as a survey of current sustainability and improvement projects. A list of parks in the appendix is especially useful.