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A HILLSIDE PARK 



St, Nicholas Park is built on a portion of a 

 precipitous rugged mass of rock extending from 

 below 110th Street up to 155th Street, New York 

 City. From thence the same ridge extends along 

 the speedway to Dyckman Street and is of nearly 

 the same character. 



It forms a distinct barrier between two portions 

 of the city, both of which are now becoming popu- 

 lous. It is so precipitous that it is a hard climb 

 to reach the upper level from the sidewalk. Steep 

 roadways have been devised at a few points. By 

 far the greater number of streets, however, abutting 

 the park can not be carried across it at reasonable 

 grades for traffic, this rocky tract forming an 

 almost insuperable obstacle. 



In order to use this ground profitably and devise 

 ways of crossing for pedestrians, a series of parks 

 have been bought and established by the city, 

 including Morningside Park, St. Nicholas Park, 

 and Colonial Park, all veritable steep hillside 

 reservations, and the Speedway which is bordered 

 by park lands of similar character, in all a distance 

 of some five miles. The most noteworthy of these 

 parks is St. Nicholas. 



Along the upper level, a hundred feet above 



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