pleasure ground

Considering this, it would be especially inequitable for the vehicles of out-of-state residents to bisect this great pleasure ground with their desire for fast and convenient transportation to destinations beyond the park.

They wanted to provide the common citizen with an opportunity to experience the “country within the city,” “pleasure grounds” that offered beauty, tranquillity, informality and opportunities to reflect and recharge.

Before the fall of President Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991 and the decades of civil war and bloodshed that have come to define Mogadishu, Lido Beach was a pleasure ground of clubs and cafes.

In comparison, he said, “every large town in the civilized world now has public pleasure grounds in some form.”

Once the pleasure ground of wealthy Maecenas, it captivated the likes of Augustus, Horace and Virgil.