II. Park anb JUaggrnwtb 



The following is a list of the existing and proposed 

 park or playground properties, all of which are shown on 

 the accompanying map. The names, of course, are 

 subject to change. For the sake of convenience the 

 following classification has been adopted, although these 

 divisions are not in all cases mutually exclusive. There 

 is inevitably some overlapping. 



A. City Squares and Small Open Spaces. 



B. School Grounds. 



C. Playgrounds and Athletic Fields. 



D. Neighborhood Parks. 



E. Large Outlying Reservations. 



F. The Inner and Outer Parkway System. 



A. CITY SQUARES AND SMALL OPEN SPACES 



1. Railroad Station Plaza 



The small Plaza in front of the Railroad Station is at 

 present inconvenient in arrangement and unsatisfac- 

 tory in appearance. The need, it seems to me, is not 

 to add anything to the Plaza merely for the sake of 

 adorning it, but to rearrange the space for use, so as 

 to make it more serviceable, more orderly, and more 

 comfortable. Incidentally, its appearance would be 

 improved. Following this point of view, I recommend 

 (a) the removal of the parking, fencing, etc., in the 

 middle of the Plaza and the substitution of a lamp 

 with a small isle of safety around which traffic would 



