PARK AND PLAYGROUND SYSTEM 



field, playfield for girls, and tennis courts. It may be 

 feasible to keep out the tide in winter for skating. No 

 roads are proposed for the park, as they would be of no 

 great service, would take up much room, be expensive 

 to maintain, and provide no new frontages to lots of 

 adequate depth. To further improve conditions in 

 this region, it would be well to widen and improve the 

 grade of Shaw Street, so that it might become an im- 

 portant tributary to Pequot Avenue. Howard Street 

 should be changed, so as to make a safer and more con- 

 venient connection with Pequot Avenue. A general 

 plan and two sketches are submitted to illustrate the 

 improvements recommended in this neighborhood. 

 The area obtained for public use would be about 15 

 acres. Prompt action here is imperative on the ground 

 of health and sanitation as well as public recreation. 



26. Winthrop Cove 



The improvements recommended for Winthrop Cove 

 are much along the same lines as those for Shaw 

 Cove. The opportunity, however, is not so great, the 

 amount of land available, about 5 acres, being more 

 limited. Nevertheless, the changes would bring about 

 a veritable transformation in one of the most unsightly 

 and conspicuous sections of the city, and provide a 

 recreation centre and small neighborhood park where 

 one is much needed. A general plan and two sketches 

 are submitted. South of the railroad bridge there is 

 an opportunity for important commercial development. 



27. Harbor School Park 



There is an open strip of land about 300 feet wide, 

 just north of the Harbor Public School, extending from 

 the Lawrence Hospital to the shore. In my opinion, 



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