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wide to Atlantic Avenue, and Ninth Avenue should be made one hun- 

 dred feet wide to Twenty -first Street. It is also desirable that the 

 line of Ninth Avenue should be slightly modified for a block as indi- 

 cated on the plan. 



If a monument of considerable importance should at some future 

 time be erected at C, in the centre of the large open space, it would 

 help to mark the Park entrance from a distance when approaching it 

 from Flatbush Avenue ; and, if well designed, would give much dig- 

 nity to this part of the Plan. The general intention is to secure in 

 season an appearance of breadth, proportion and symmetry, and a 

 somewhat special character in the vicinity of this very important 

 entrance to the Park. 



I have now, I believe, explained the various suggestions indicated 

 on the Plan, and leave the matter in your hands. I feel assured that 

 the amount realized from the sale of the north-easterly section would 

 go far to defray the cost of the proposed addition, if it would not pay 

 for it entirely. The saving in bridges is also to be taken into con- 

 sideration, and it must be borne in mind that the section proposed to 

 be omitted would be far more costly to improve than the suggested 

 addition. In regard, however, to the relative valuation of the lots, 

 your judgment will, I think, be better than mine. 



Yours, 



CULVERT VAUX. 



February, 1865. 



