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Japan jDossesses one at Tokio. It is thus seen how scarce 

 they are. None of them compare with Coney Island in the 

 grandeur of its breakers. The sea air there is as richly laden 

 Avith medicinal qualities as any part of the coast. Both 

 infants and adults can be immediately revived and benefited 

 by it. 



Brooklyn being favored over any other city in the world in 

 this respect, would be remiss beyond expression, were it to 

 neglect or lose its interest in its sea park. 



The connecting of Brooklyn's beautiful park on Prospect 

 Heights, by the five mile Ocean Parkway, with a sea park on 

 the ocean shore, is one of the grandest conceptions that could 

 be formed, and the name of its projector will li\<- as long as 

 Paris' great Haussmann. 



In all improvements made there, care should be taken to 

 have them durable and permanent beyond question and the 

 surface raised, so as to be out of reach of the waves. 



The feature of a white sand beach should never be given up, 

 as it can be maintained under the most adverse conditions. 

 If the very worst should come, ;i sea wall could be made at 

 the west end, similar to the one at the east, leaving a wide gate 

 in the centre and a circular coast inside, affording safe and 

 more protected bathing. 



By having a proper understanding of the worst dangers 

 that the concourse lands can be subjected to from the ocean, 

 it is fully and completely within the power of engineering 

 skill to make them as safe as if located inland. 



Tfye Parks of Jjroohlyn and Xljcir JBcanncj Upon 



The Future development of I he 'Cily. 



It is doubtful whether the original site of am 7 American 

 city, prior to its settlement, ever offered more rare and beauti- 

 ful natural advantages for the systematic construction of 

 parks than did that particular portion of Long Island lying- 

 in and about the locality of Brooklyn. The serried slopes 

 ranging down to the river on either side of the long ridge that 



