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to those interested in nature study. It is their intention to 

 erect at some time in the future a building especially designed 

 for the use of artists and sculptors where studies can be made 

 from the live model. The cage will be thoroughly and prop- 

 erly lighted, and platforms arranged for the accommodation 

 of twenty artists. It is hoped that with such facilities there 

 will develop a school of American animal painters and sculp- 

 tors second to none in the world. 



Pelham Avenue develops into the Bronx and Pelham Bay 

 Parkway, a fine thoroughfare four hundred feet wide and two 

 and a quarter miles long, connecting Bronx Park with Pelham 

 Bay Park. For almost its whole length it is paralleled by an 

 asphalt brick roadway, opened in 191 1 and restricted to 

 automobiles. 



Pelham Bay Park is the largest park in the city, including 

 within its boundaries 1756 acres, over twice as many as 

 Central Park. It has over seven miles of water front on the 

 Sound and Pelham Bay, from which latter it takes its name. 

 It was acquired by the (old) city of New York in 1888, seven 

 years before the annexation of Westchester and Pelham, in 

 which former ancient townships it lies ; it also includes Hunter 

 Island and the Twin islands adjoining. 



The Hutchinson River and Eastchester Bay divide the 

 park into two parts, the more northerly, Pelham Neck (the 

 ancient Annes Hoeck) and Rodman's Neck being very much 

 the larger. The northern boundary of this part is the city 

 line ; the eastern, the Sound ; the western, the Hutchinson River. 

 The smaller section south of Pelham Bridge is rather irregular 

 in shape, lying between Furmen's Lane and the three hamlets 

 of Baychester, Stinardtown, and Middletown. 



The Eastern Boulevard passes through the park from south 

 to north, changing its name to the Pelham Bridge, or more 



