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Immigration and industrialization caused a major increase in New York City's population in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In the summertime, many of these newer residents began looking for places to get away from the hot city and the densely populated tenements they lived in.
Drivers began taking to low-quality roads in search of parks outside the city, but were often disappointed after long drives to find that most of those parks were closed to nonresidents.
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