suggestion was adopted by the Commissioners, and the Historical 

 Society has since asked for and obtained possession from them 

 of tin's site and this building with the understanding thai ii is to be 

 improved and converted into a public museum at the expense of 



f he society. 



This illliatration is presented with no purpose of favoring the in 

 troduction of large structures of this character within the limits of h 

 public park, but rather to show that they ought in some way to be 

 provided for in season. The suggestion we have to make in this 

 e;ise is that the ■stretch of ground abutting on Flathush avenue, 

 marked \l. R., and now iii the possession of the Commissioners, 

 should be distinctly set apart for such purposes as we have indicated, 

 [f this suggestion is accepted, the lots fronting towards the park on 

 this part of Flathush avenue, will probably, in course of time, be 

 occupied by handsome buildings, the objects of which will in some 

 way be connected with the educational system of the city, hut 

 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. 



It will be observed that we have indicated the commencement Of 

 a l'oad leading out of the west side of the circle, in connection with 

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

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

 and tree 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 he 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. 



