FORESTRY AND RECREATION 



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J. Pierpont Morgan, that it was his generosity in con- 

 tributing $125,000, which finally bought off the quarrying 

 operations and stilled forever the drill which would have 

 reduced these mighty ledges to a desert of waste. 



Nearly twenty years of acquisition and development 

 have now made possible, through legal enactment, the 

 preservation forever of the Palisades from Fort Lee to 

 Piermont, as a public park. 



The administration of the Palisades was entrusted to 

 a joint Commission appointed by the Governors of New 



A CAMP WHERE UNDERNOURISHED BOYS ARE MADE WELL 



Here is offiered every possible enjoyment to the small boy of New 

 York and a wonderland of unknown joy and beauty, a new world, to 

 many of the poorer youngsters of the city. 



York and New Jersey, respectively. The members are: 

 New York Commission George W. Perkins, president; 

 Franklin W. Hopkins, vice-president ; J. Du Pratt White, 

 secretary; Edward L. Partridge, treasurer; Richard V. 

 Lindabury, William H. Porter, W. Averell Harriman, 

 Frederick C. Sutro, Charles W. Baker, John J. Voorhees. 



New Jersey Commission Richard V. Lindabury, presi- 

 dent ; Edward L. Partridge, vice-president ; J. Du Pratt 

 White, secretary ; Frederick C. Sutro, treasurer ; George 

 W. Perkins, Charles W. Baker, Myron W. Robinson, 

 John J. Voorhees, William H. Porter, W. Averell 

 Harriman. 



This Commission is an unpaid, non-partisan group and 

 derives its powers from legislative enactment. 



How this area has come to fall within the broad con- 

 ception which Dean Baker has described is evident in 

 the following summary of the development for recrea- 

 tional uses to which this region has been put: 



(a) Paths extending along the 12-mile front have 



been laid out, which rise and fall amid the pristine 

 splendor of this region. Situated as it is within 

 a ten-minute ferry ride from crowded Manhat- 

 tan, this oasis serves as the breathing place for 

 thousands of people annually. 



(b) Pavilions constructed on the plan of preserving 

 the natural characteristics of this region, have 

 been erected where the visitor may rest quietly, 

 to enjoy the remarkable scenic effects apparent 

 from any place along these walks. 



(c) Canoe and motor boat basins have been built, 

 which serve to meet a need nowhere else met near 

 this point for the water recreations highly valued 

 by a large part of the population. 



(d) The Henry Hudson Drive, now under construc- 

 tion, will pass through this region and give to the 

 motorist an opportunity to enjoy this natural park 

 area now available chiefly to walkers. 



(e) A large bathing beach and bath house were 

 opened last summer, affording accommodations 

 for thousands to bathe in the Hudson. 



(f) When first acquired the land at the base of the 

 cliffs was hard to reach, which made difficult the 

 problem of the use of the Palisades. As a result, 

 for years the Commission has been changing all 

 this and making land, until now spacious play- 



A TYPICAL LAKESIDE PARTY 



The Park is the mecca of New Yorkers on highdays and holidays 

 not to mention Saturday afternoons! 



grounds and ample walks along the shore line have 

 opened up this entire region to the public, and converted 

 that which would otherwise have been merely for the 

 delectation of the eye into a thing for the physical 

 development and spiritual joys of the people. 



Conscious of the good which has accrued as the result 

 of the preservation and recreational uses of the Palisades 



