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{Lctlcr of AiKjust 20, V)37, to Mr. W'iUiaui II. LalJioju. Acliiuj 

 (,'ciiri-al Suprriiilciiclciil , Pcl>arlniciil of /'(/rA'.v.) 



". . . our (iovcrniiij^- Coiiimiltec wish it to ])c nuitualh' uiidcr- 

 stood that, in c()nsentiii<j;- to the (level()])mciit and snbsc'([iu'nt niain- 

 lenancc l)y the h)c])artnient of Parks of tlic area nndcr chscnssion, 

 ontsidc of onr entrance gate and north boundar\- fence. thc> l^joard 

 of Trustees of the l>rooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences does 

 not relin(juisli any of this area, wliich was assigned to our l)oard 

 lor f^otanic Garden ])in-]M)ses in our .l</rccinciil with the Board 

 of Estimate and Ap])ortionnient of l)ecenil)er 28. 1<)0<). and sul)- 

 sequent anien(hiients ; our assent is nierelv to tlie ])roi)osal that 

 our entrance l)e locatt'd api)ro.\iiuateh- fortv-four (44) feet hack 

 from the street, and that tlie I 'ark Department (k'velo]) the area 

 in accordance witli your ])hui al)ove referred to, and assume entire 

 res])onsibility for the maintenance of the area extending across 

 om- entire h'.asti'rn ]'ai-kwa_\- frontage from the street cui"l)ing l)ack 

 to our entrance gate and tlie fence extending east and west of it." 

 (Lctlcr of Scl^lcinbcr 2^). n)27 . to Mr. AUyn R. Jciiniiu/s. Ccii- 

 cral Sii/^criiifciidciif. /h'f^arh/wiil of rarks.) 



The Reservoii- ])ropert}- was tm-ned over to the Commissionei-s 

 of the Sinking l'\ind and thence, on to the Dei)artment of Parks. 

 On Monday, February 28. 1938. several hundred Works Progress 

 Administration men, under the aus])ices of tlie Department of 

 Parks, began the work of demolishing the reservoir basin and 

 grading the area for ])ark purjioses. The work was still under 

 way at the clo.se of the year, ddie water-testing lahoratorv of the 

 Water Department, which has stood some forl\- years or more 

 on the Flatbush Avenue frontage of the Peservoir land, will be 

 transferred to the new laboratory building which is being con- 

 structed on Underliill Ax'enue. 



Board of Ilducaliou 



Details of our scrx'ices to. and coo])eration with, the eU-mentary 

 and high schools of the Cit_\- are giwn in the a])pended rejjorts of 

 the Curators of Pul)lic Instruction and of h^lementary Instruction, 

 and need not be rei)eated here. The work could be extended rmd 

 enriched if funds were a\ailable for (le\elopment along clearlv 

 indicated lines. 



