2C> REPORT OF THE 



Ninth avenue, a location most desirable in view of its convenience 

 of access and other advantages it would afford to the public and 

 the park. 



The unfinished condition of the southwesterly portion of the 

 park, extending from the Third street entrance along Ninth 

 avenue and Fifteenth street, has frequently been made the subject, 

 ot criticism. The rapid development of portions of the Eighth 

 and Twenty-second Wards contiguous to the park has been such 

 as to BUggest the propriety of further park improvements in this 

 neighborhood. 



The suspension of the work of construction ten years ago left 

 this area generally in an unfinished condition. Portions of its 

 surface were hastily and cheaply brought to a temporary finish, 

 but its walks, which are but partly outlined, remain to be 

 constructed. The turfed areas were meagerly supplied with 

 soil and manure and will require to be liberally treated in this 

 respect. 



The opening of the entrance at the junction ot Ninth avenue 

 and Fifteenth street, if determined upon by the Commissioners, 

 will necessitate the grading, curbing and paving of the circle 

 200 feet in diameter at this point. To give to this entrance, 

 when opened to the public, the usual police supervision, will 

 require the services of three keepers. 



In connection with the surface improvements extending along 

 Fifteenth street to a point adjacent to the area now occupied by 

 the office buildings, there is contemplated the construction of a 

 foot bridge across the drive, between the foot entrance at 

 Eleventh avenue and Fifteenth street and the Quaker Cemetery, 

 to connect the system of walks from Ninth avenue with those of 

 the lower terrace of Lookout Hill, and passing around the lake 

 district. 



The planting of this whole neighborhood is generally incom- 

 plete, and will require extensive additions of deciduous and 



