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BROOKLYN PARK COMMISSION. 



I£ E F» O I£ T 



OF 



LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS, 



To the Brooklyn Park Commission: 



Gentlemen :— We lay before you our customary Annual Report 

 upon matters of Design, Construction and Superintendence. 



DESIGN. 



No material modifications have been made in the primary study of the 

 plan of the Park, during the past year, but in the elaboration of that part 

 covering the district between Franklin Avenue and the water adjoining, 

 the original lines have been somewhat changed, the drive and ride widen- 

 ed, and a return branch of the drive has been introduced on the west 

 shore ; the object of the whole variation being to give a more decided 

 promenade character to this long southerly stretch of shore road, 

 and to bring it into more close connection with the principal car- 

 riage concourse at the east end of the lake. 



The removal of a large deposit of sand, needed in road construc- 

 tion, which was found just below the original surface near the mid- 

 dle of the Park, south of the old line of Third Street, has made it 

 practicable to broaden the dale effects, originally designed to be se- 

 cured in the vicinity, and to carry the east dale walk in a more di- 

 rect course than was originally proposed — both results being very 

 desirable. 



As the city can not expect to secure due returns for its 

 expenditures without employing every economical means of ex- 

 tending the influence of the Park by increasing its general 

 accessibility, we feel compelled again to call attention to the 



