Who needs Central Park when your backyard is park size?
Median park size is a little over an acre in New York, while the national median is five acres.
Golden Gate National Parks Association SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDED -- 1981 PAID STAFF -- 180-200 PARK SIZE -- 74,000 acres FUNDS RAISED TO DATE -- $40 million MOST RECENT COUP -- Last year, with the help of more than 3,000 volunteers, the association added more than 60,000 native plants to the park.
Friends of Hermann Park HOUSTON FOUNDED -- 1991 PAID STAFF -- 8 PARK SIZE -- 446 acres FUNDS RAISED TO DATE -- $14 million MOST RECENT COUP -- Raised $9 million for improvements to a theater and a lake.
Central Park Conservancy NEW YORK FOUNDED -- 1979 PAID STAFF -- 216 PARK SIZE -- 810 acres FUNDS RAISED TO DATE -- $270 million MOST RECENT COUP -- Restoration of the Great Lawn and the 18-acre north meadow; renovation of the playground on east 72nd Street.
Piedmont Park Conservancy ATLANTA FOUNDED -- 1989 PAID STAFF -- 11 PARK SIZE -- 190 acres FUNDS RAISED TO DATE -- $12 million MOST RECENT COUP -- Renovation of the Boat House and conversion of dilapidated structures at the north end of the park into a new education center.
The concave stainless-steel band capped in pink gold is like one of the artist's works -- pocket size rather than park size -- and will serve as the inspiration for a larger piece to be auctioned off later this year to benefit Save the Children's Rewrite the Future program.
Species turnover was negatively affected by park size, such that the temporal persistence of species was enhanced in large parks.
Five independent factors were considered: park size, isolation, density of potential corridors, vegetation structure, and pedestrian rate as an indicator of human disturbance within parks.
The results indicate that (1) the cooling effect depends on the park size and seasonal radiation condition, and park size is non-linearly correlated to PCI intensity; (2) PCI intensity is mainly determined by the area of tree and shrub inside the park as well as the park shape, and grass has negative impact on PCI formation.
