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REPORT OF THE 



THE PLAZA IMPROVEMENT. 



A design for the general improvement of the Plaza has been 

 received from the Landscape Architects Advisory, Messrs. Olm- 

 sted, Olmsted & Eliot. As yet no progress has been made in 

 carrying it out, owing to the inability of the Department to secure 

 needed co-operation of the railroad companies occupying thePlaza. 

 Until these companies agree to make a necessary change in the 

 location <>f their tracks the suggested alterations cannot be made 



Ql AI'kl'.A, VIEW FROM I UK WEST. 



It is a matter of regret that the roads were ever permitted to use 

 the Plaza, as the trolley poles and wires are destructive of pic- 

 turesqueness. 



The fountain in the Park Plaza, which has become rather rusty 

 by reason <»f its age, was the subject of Aldermanic action early 

 in tin- summer, a resolution having been adopted suggesting to 

 the Park Commissioner the propriety of its removal. As this 



