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which will not be erected or owned by it, the terms on which the 

 different sites would be given being such as to secure a share of 

 control in the management of each institution, sufficient to ensure 

 to the city an adequate return for the value of the land it parts 

 with. 



SUBURBAN CONNECTIONS. 



It will be observed that we have indicated the commencement of 

 a road leading out of the west side of the circle, in connection with 

 the southern entrance to the park. We have clone so from a convic- 

 tion, that a shaded pleasure drive in extension of that of the park, 

 and free from the embarrassments which will inevitably be associated 

 with a road partially occupied by a line of railway, and which is 

 also used as a trotting course for fast horses, will soon be demanded 

 by the frequenters of the park. Such a road, whatever may be the 

 character of the country through which it passes, should be in itself 

 of a picturesque character. It should, therefore, be neither very 

 straight nor very level, and should be bordered by a small belt of 

 trees and shrubbery. 



We have made no special survey with reference to the course 

 which should be followed by such a road, but the first objective 

 point in view would unquestionably be the ocean beach, and this 

 might very properly be its terminus. It has occured to us, however, 

 that either from some point a little further east on the beach, thus 

 made accessible by carriages from the park, or from a point more 

 directly in connection with the park drives, a similar road may be 

 demanded in the future which shall be carried through the rich 

 country lying back of Brooklyn, until it can be turned, without 

 striking through any densely occupied ground, so as to approach the 

 East River, and finally reach the shore at or near Ravenswood. 

 From this point, either by ferry or high bridges, it may be thrown 

 over the two narrow straits into which the East River is divided in 

 this neighborhood, and connection may thus be had with one of the 

 broad streets leading directly into the Central Park, and thus with 

 the system of somewhat similar sylvan roads leading northward, 

 now being planned by the Commissioners of the Central Park. 

 Such an arrangement would enable a carriage to be driven on the 

 half of a summer's day, through the most interesting parts both of 

 the cities of Brooklyn and New York, through their most attractive 



