A HILLSIDE PARK 



St. Nicholas Avenue, is St. Nicholas Terrace, bor- 

 dering the park for its whole length on the west 

 from 130th to 141st Street. This terrace is sup- 

 ported by a rough cut-stone retaining wall from 

 ten to thirty feet high. On this wall is built a 

 cut-stone parapet of gray granite, and at intervals 

 on its front are constructed flights of steps to the 

 park below, with landings and balustrades. The 

 space beneath these flights of steps is utilized for 

 comfort stations, tool-rooms, etc. 



On the extreme north corner of this park wall, 

 on the other side of St. Nicholas Terrace, is situated 

 the great quadrangular graystone Gothic mass 

 crowned with numerous castellated turrets and 

 towers, the five-million-dollar City College of 

 Greater New York. This Gothic mass suggests 

 and almost forces a Gothic treatment of the parapet 

 wall, steps, and comfort stations. Opposite the 

 main entrance of the college building comes 

 naturally the most important entrance to the park, 

 down winding flights of steps to the street below. 



The park itself is narrow, and therefore only 

 two paths are carried through its entire length. 

 One on the higher level connects the various flights 

 of steps; the other on a lower level connects the 

 various entrances from St. Nicholas Avenue. 

 Between these two longitudinal streets, transverse 

 ones wind about, seeking the easiest grades up 

 the steep slopes till they find their exit at the steps 

 leading out of the park. 



In order to secure reasonably comfortable grades 

 for foot passengers, a large amount of cutting and 



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