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APPRAISAL OF THE LAND COMPRISING THE 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
In 1913 the land comprising the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was 
appraised by the City at $2,400,000, of which $2,200,000 referred 
to the original area assigned by the Department of Parks for 
Botanic Garden Purposes on December 28, 1909; and $200,000 
to what is now known as the ‘North Addition,” between Mt. 
Prospect Reservoir and the Brooklyn Museum building (fronting 
on Eastern Parkway) and a strip 20 feet wide along the southern 
boundary of the reservoir property, assigned to the Brooklyn 
Institute of Arts and Sciences for Botanic Garden purposes on 
September 9, 1912. The ‘South Addition” was not then a part 
of the Garden. 
These figures do not include the site of the Brooklyn Museum, 
nor the improvements to the property since it was acquired. 
According to a report from the City of New York, Department 
of Taxes and Assessments, Borough of Brooklyn, received by the 
Botanic Garden February 27, 1926, the appraisal of the property 
for the year 1926, including the ‘‘South Addition,” was as follows: 
IDziavel Sct 5 0 hs ae $6,500,000 
| BRONUKGUNANSAS) Each ae a a ne 500,000 
MOR WNGRS racer le yeaa a are oe $7,000,000 
The boundaries of the South Addition are described in the 
amended Agreement of August 17, 1914 (pp. 291; also 299-300, 
infra). 
REORGANIZATION OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE 
In January, 1915, the Board of Trustees undertook the work 
of reorganizing The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
This involved the abolition of the office of Director of the 
Institute, and the formal recognition of three coordinate depart- 
ments, as referred to below, with three directors, independent 
each of the other, and each reporting directly to a special Govern- 
ing Committee of the Trustees. 
