LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



and everything is done to protect the park from 

 the persistent stress and wanton destruction of 

 the surrounding mixed population. 



Dewitt CKnton Park is a children's play-ground 

 situated on the banks of the Hudson River, 

 bounded on the west by Twelfth Ave., on the south 

 by 57th Street, on the east by Eleventh Ave., and 

 on the north by 54th Street, between nine and 

 ten acres in extent. 



This park is specially well arranged for the 

 introduction of play-grounds. The borders on 

 three sides are more or less steep and through the 

 center extends a level plateau which has been 

 made more level by grading. Walks wind up 

 from all the four corners and at two intermediate 

 points on one side and one on the other. The 

 steepness of the ground makes it possible to pro- 

 duce a picturesque, park-like effect of trees and 

 shrubs over a large extent of the territory. 



Natural rocks appear in several places through- 

 out its surface. A broad path leads from the 

 center of the park on Eleventh Ave. to a gymnasium 

 ground surrounded by trees; and in front of this, 

 on an undulating lawn of its own, is a fine music 

 stand. Beyond this a farm garden for children 

 has been established and five hundred or more 

 little ones from this neighborhood farm their little 

 plots throughout the season. Beyond this, in turn, 

 on a high, steep bank overlooking the Hudson, 

 extends a long pergola or arbor beneath which are 

 rooms used as night schools by the farm children, 

 where they are taught domestic economy. 



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