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Originally Posted by The mayor
Who else has a 300 acre lake near downtown surrounded by 2000 acres of Parkland it is unheard of. It is such a beautiful beautiful area with all the Office workers working down there. It really is an extension of downtown people tend to forget the greatness of Wascana centre and, one of the most beautiful legislature buildings in the country , Regina is surely blessed .
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This was never in question. I spent many summer days sun tanning on the lush lawns of Wascana Park. It is a truly beautiful man made creation thanks in part to the vision of Thomas Mawson. Not all of his plans were implemented. Some that were include Victoria Park, the street grid system into the core area and the crescents west of Albert Street (Angus Crescent and Leopold Crescent).
https://search.saskarchives.com/city...homas-h-mawson
International Works:
In 1908 he won a competition to lay out the Peace Palace gardens at The Hague. He also advised on the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States. In 1912 Mawson toured several Canadian cities, beginning in Halifax and ending up in Victoria, British Columbia. As well as giving talks, he proposed several (unaccepted) designs including for Wascana Centre in Regina, Brockton Point lighthouse, Coal Harbour and Lost Lagoon in Vancouver, and urban design plans for Banff and downtown Calgary. Mawson's vision for Calgary, had it been implemented, would have changed what was then a dusty prairie town, into a city of the City Beautiful movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hayton_Mawson