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<br /> retreat from congested life in the city. Its social and health benefits were
<br /> exemplified by its physical layout, as explained by Olmsted, with "large domestic
<br /> houses, on ample lots with garden set backs, enhanced by sidewalk boulevards
<br /> and plantings that would become luxuriant and graceful to shelter the visitor from
<br /> the sun" (Cerny, 2006).
<br /> Sources: Alexander, Philip W. and Charles Hamm, History of San Mateo County, 1916.
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<br /> Cloud, Jean, "Only lions on guard in Wellesley Park." Source: Times Gazette,
<br /> published as Redwood City Almanac, February 26, 1997.
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<br /> Goodman, Marian, "Oldest Home in RC," Redwood City Tribune, April 10,
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