1992 Volume 56 Issue 5 Pages 43-48
Minneapolis Park Commission was established in 1883, and Horace Cleveland proposed the masterplan. The major structure of his plan was to conserve the river-front of the Mississippi and Lake Districts, and to construct parkways, connecting each other. Actual developments were different from the original, however, the fundamental concept was succeed and produced the Grand Rounds Parkway System, and the metropolitan park system.