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Mier Park
The Mier Park (Polish: ''Park Mirowski''), also known as the Downtown Park (Polish: ''Park Śródmiejski''), is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. The park is located in the district of Downtown, between Jana Pawła II Avenue, Marszałkowska Street, Mier Halls, and the Za Żelazną Bramą neighbourhood. Name The Mier Park was named after the nearby Mier Halls and Mier Square, which in turn were named after the Mier Barracks, built there in the 18th century. They in turn were named after Wilhelm Mier, who was the commanding officer of the Crown Horse Guard Regiment stationed there.Marian Gajewski: ''Urządzenia komunalne Warszawy. Zarys historyczny''. Waraw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1979, p. 348. ISBN 83-06-00089-7. (in Polish) It is also alternatively known as the Downtown Park (Polish: ''Park Śródmiejski''), due to its location in the Downtown district, and relatively close placement to the city centre. History The Mier Park was opened in the 1960s. In June 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other municipal corporation, incorporated places that offers open space reserve, green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors. Urban parks are generally Landscape architecture, landscaped by design, instead of lands left in their natural state. The design, operation and maintenance, repair and operations, maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local government, local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, "friends of" group, or private sector company. Depending on size, budget, and land features, which varies considerably among individual parks, common features include playgrounds, gardens, hiking, running, fitness trails or paths, bridle paths, sports fields and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
