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REPORT OF THE 



VIEW BAY RIDGE ROAD. 



THE SHORE DRIVE. 



1 am pleased to be able to report that I have already secured 

 nearly all the land requisite for the construction of the Bay Ridge 

 Parkway, or the Shore Drive, as it is more popularly called. The 



law for the purchase of this 

 land was approved by the 

 Governor May 22d. 1894. 

 Under its provisions, Mayor 

 Charles A. Schieren appoint- 

 ed as the commission to lay 

 out this public driveway and 

 parkway, Messrs. John B. 

 Woodward, Elijah R. Ken- 

 nedy, George Ingram, Will- 

 iam Brown, John Condon, 

 Solomon W.Johnson and Simeon B. Chittenden. This commis- 

 sion selected Messrs. Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot as the architects 

 to arrange for landscape effects. 



On February 20th of the present year this committee, in com- 

 pliance with the law, filed its report, together with a map, showing 

 the land and riparian rights to be acquired for the purposes of 

 the driveway. 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS 



Appointed pursuant to Chapter 758, Laws of 1894, to determine 

 the boundaries and make a plan of a Driveway and Parkway. 



BROOKLYN, February 14, 1895. 

 Honorable Frank Squier, 



Commissioner. 



Sir: — The undersigned Commissioners, appointed pursuant 

 to Chapter 758, Laws of 1894, having determined and laid out a 

 public driveway and parkway in this county, with such public 

 places, borders, and appurtenances as we consider best for the 

 public interest ; and being about to file in the office of the 

 Department of Parks a plan of such public driveway and park- 

 way, including in such pi, in such riparian rights and land under 

 water as we deem best for the public interests, whether commer- 

 ei.il or otherwise; and having designated upon said plan the 



