thence from either ferry south along Riverside Drive to 72d 

 street and east on 72d street to Central Park. Thence through 

 Central Park to the starting point at 59th Street Plaza. In lieu 

 of crossing on Dyckman street or Fort Lee ferries, one can con- 

 tinue south along Hudson Boulevard to 42d street or 34th street 

 ferry or to the vehicular tunnel now in course of construction. 



Featwres of the Grand Gircidt 



The opportunity to connect in the manner described above 

 so many noted parks and parkways is perhaps unparalleled in 

 the history of such developments. From the 59th Street Plaza 

 the Queensboro Bridge provides a direct connection to the pro- 

 posed Eoosevelt Parkway and Park on the north shore of Long 

 Island and to the great Queens Boulevard, which is about to 

 be improved to Jamaica, where it will connect with the main 

 traffic arteries of Long Island. In The Bronx the circuit will 

 have direct connections with Van Cortlandt Park, Crotona Park, 

 Pelham Bay Park, Pelham Parkway and the New York Zoologi- 

 cal Park. 



Bronx River Parkway 



The Bronx River Parkway follows along both sides of the 

 Bronx River through Mount Vernon and White Plains, forming a 

 direct route between Bronx Park and the Kensico Dam and 

 Reservoir. The Parkway Reservation varies in width from 200 

 to 1,200 feet with an average width of about 600 feet. The drive- 

 way is being paved 40 feet in width and two sections aggregat- 

 ing six miles in length are now open for traffic. The grading 

 for the remainder of the driveway is finished and it is expected 

 to complete the paving in 1923. The Bronx River is the chief 

 landscape feature and, by natural treatment throughout, the 

 valley is being restored to its former beautiful condition. 



Kensico Dam and Reservoir 



The Kensico Dam is architecturally the finest of the great 

 dams of the world. It impounds a reservoir with water surface 

 of 2,000 acres, protected by a marginal area of 2,500 acres, mak- 

 ing a total of 4,500 acress acquired by the City of New York for 

 water supply purposes. Approximately $10,000,000 has been ex- 

 pended by the city in this area which constitutes a most beautiful 

 outer park with good highway around the lake and with hun- 

 dreds of thousands of evergreen trees rapidly developing on the 

 protective areas. Crossing over the top of the dam and following 

 along the west side of the lake about three-fourths of a mile, 

 one finds a group of 1,800 aeration fountains, a magnificent 

 spectacle in constant play. From the Kensico Dam and Reser- 

 voir the proposed connecting parkway passes through the 

 beautiful upper Westchester hill country, and follows along 



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