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is limited, as in this case. These general principles, modified 

 by the character of the ground and the recognized necessity of 

 adapting the park to the wants and pleasures of all classes of 

 the community, have determined the outline of the plan which 

 accompanies this report. 



The entrances have been selected at the corner of Flatbush 

 and Vanderbilt avenues, at the corner of Ninth avenue and 

 Third street, at the corner of Washington avenue and Warren 

 street, at the corner of Classon and Washington avenues, at the 

 south-eastern angle, and at the intersection of Flatbush avenue 

 with the easterly line, as being the most ready points of access 

 from the city. Should the park be extended as is proposed, 

 there would be no alteration of the design, excepting in the im- 

 proved location of the roads and walks in the north-easterly 

 portion of the grounds. 



I have considered the main entrance to the park to be lo- 

 cated at the corner of Flatbush and Vanderbilt avenues, the 

 former being a broad, diagonal avenue, passing through the 

 densely populated portion of the city, and intersecting several 

 other principal avenues and many principal streets, would 

 naturally be the route selected by many citizens to reacli the 

 park. 



From the principal entrance, the main drive takes a north- 

 erly direction, penetrating at once into the seclusion of the 

 grounds. To the left is the excluding belt of trees, which it 

 alternately enters and skirts. On the right, a succession of 

 wooded hills, separated by picturesque valleys, rise, until they 

 culminate at Mount Prospect, the highest elevation in the park. 

 This last point is concealed by judicious planting, until by a 

 gradual and almost imperceptible ascent, the road reaches the 

 summit, when the extensive landscape bursts upon the view. 

 Here a broad esplanade affords room for a reasonable number 

 of vehicles to remain, without interruption to those which are 

 passing. The road here divides to the east and west ; the 

 latter crosses Flatbush avenue, by a simple but substantial via- 

 duct, and skirting the western boundary reaches " The Parade" 

 at First street, disclosing in its route a line interior view. 



It may be objected that a military display destroys, in a 

 measure, the needed seclusion of a park ; but, happily, the to- 

 pography of the site selected is such as to confine the spectacle 



