Urban park
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An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park, public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that offers green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors. Urban parks are generally landscaped by design, instead of lands left in their natural state. The design, operation and maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, "friends of" group, or private sector company.
Central Park, one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, is surrounded by the skyscrapers of Manhattan in New York City.
Macon, Georgia Central City Park, Main Avenue, c. 1877
A concert in Chicago's Lincoln Park, c. 1907
Millennium Park is an urban park in Chicago that is partitioned into areas with various special uses
Pocket park
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A pocket park is a small park accessible to the general public. While the locations, elements, and uses of pocket parks vary considerably, the common defining characteristic of a pocket park is its small size. Typically, a pocket park occupies one to three municipal lots and is smaller than 0.5 hectares in size.
Waterfall Garden Park, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington
Paley Park in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, opened in 1967 as one of the earliest pocket parks and privately owned public spaces in the United States.
Pocket parks, such as the Balfour Street Park in Sydney, Australia, can be created from small unused areas of public land.
A contingent from the Youth Opportunities Corps builds a pocket park on a main street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in July 1973. The creation of pocket parks can promote civic engagement and a unified sense of community identity.