World’s market and industrial revolution in the 19th century stimulated the change of the shape of populated areas and stimulated the appearance of a new way of building. In the surroundings of large Russian cities the first garden-towns were formed, that established the functional features of city centre. Health resort cities grown out in the 19th and early 20th century and characterized the diversity of novel populated areas of new type. Health resorts had their own esthetics and content – they were designed for medical treatment, recreation and entertainment. In Baltic states the design of the center of health resorts were based on esthetics and interests of people, therefore park was an important constituent, for example in Estonia – Tallinn, Pärnu, Haapsalu, Kuressaare, Narva; in Lithuania – Palanga, Druskininkai, in Latvia – Baldone, Liepāja, Jūrmala, including Ķemeri resort. The appearance of health resorts stimulated changes in the city planning, the appearance of new types of recreation and health treatment buildings, landscaping and development of small architectural forms. Planning of modern cities affects the structure and layout of historical building and raises a question of its further existence.