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which these neighborhood parks are put during the fine 

 weather of the year, and the attention in the way of cleaning, 

 &c, that they require, makes it evident that a larger sum of 

 money should be specifically provided to be expended upon 

 them than has been available since their construction. 



A considerable area of walk surface needs re'newal, the 

 boundary line between the hospital, jail and park should be 

 permanently established, and the adjoining surfaces, which have 

 been disfigured during the construction of the jail and the re- 

 moval of the morgue, should be put in order. In view of the 

 permanent establishment of the. jail and morgue contiguous to 

 the north-westerly boundary of the park, I would suggest the 

 consideration on the part of the Commissioners, of the propriety 

 of closing up the present Canton street entrance of the park. 

 For this purjDose, including the remodelling of the plan in that 

 immediate neighborhood, and the resurfacing of walks especially 

 needing repair, soiling and sodding the slopes of the Battery 

 face, together with needed protection of the stone work to the 

 foundation of the Martyrs' Monument, there would be required 

 about $7,500. The small building, which was paid for by special 

 appropriation in 1881, was opened in the Spring, and afforded 

 accommodations for the use of visitors which had long been 

 needed. 



Carroll and Tompkins Parks have been maintained in a satis- 

 factory condition throughout the season, and have been under 

 the constant supervision of a small detail of the keeper force. 

 Tompkins Park is favorably located and adapted to the wants 

 of the thrifty and growing population of its neighborhood. It 

 is a favorite resort for children, and the turfed areas are freely 

 used for croquet and other appropriate field games. City Park 

 is practically a thoroughfare ; the best use of it being made by 

 the pupils of a contiguous public school, who resort to it as a 

 play ground during the periods of school recess. 



The improvement and growing use of Fort Greene demon- 

 strates the fact that City Park could, without at all curtailing 

 the means of recreation for residents of this vicinity, be appro- 



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