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This project begins an exploration of the lives of urban parks and some of the people who use them. It examines the many ways parks serve our communities. I hope this work encourages those who see it to explore the urban parks in their communities and understand the critical value of urban parks in the lives of people and other living things in contemporary cities. As the American naturalist and conservationist John Muir wrote, ‘Everybody needs beauty, as well as bread.’