Print ArticleJacksonville operates the largest urban park system in the United States, providing facilities and services at more than 337 locations on more than 80,000 acres located throughout the city. However, quantity doesn't always equate to quality. According to Forbes Magazine, here is a list of urban public spaces that are considered some of America's Best "City" Parks.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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Designed shortly after the Civil War by Central Park masterminds Olmstead and Vaux, this 585-acre oasis includes a zoo, a 60-acre lake and a natural forest. Tate writes in Great City Parks, "Prospect Park is one of the simplest but most subtle landscape compositions in North America."
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