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DETAILED DESCRIPTION. 



FIRST WARD. 



Silver Lake and Crystal Lake Park. 



An enlargement oi the present Silver Lake Park to em- 

 brace the property between the Lake, Griswold Parkway, Green- 

 wood avenue. Laurel avenue, and Lakewood avenue, extending 

 the park in a westerly direction by means oi a parkway approxi- 

 mately 200 to 300 feet wide, situated on both sides of the brook 

 or creek which forms the outlet for Silver Lake, until the proper- 

 ty owned by the Crystal Water Company and surrounding 

 Crystal Lake is reached ; the last described property including 

 Crystal Lake, and extending as far as the Clove road to be em- 

 braced in the park. Embracing approximately 70 acres. 



Clove Valley or Chain of Lakes Park. 



This park is to include the property constituting and sur- 

 rounding Clove Lake, Richmond Lake, Brook's Pond, and 

 Bodine's Pond ; being approximately described as embracing the 

 property to the Last of Clove Lake as far as the Clove road, and 

 extending from the Turnpike to St. Peter's Cemetery, and em- 

 bracing all of the property to the West of Clove and Richmond 

 Lakes ; extending to the ridge of the hills, embracing a part of 

 the properties of Cornelius DuBois, the Lowndes estate, Henry 

 Segelke, and James G. Timolat. On the East side of Richmond 

 Lake the St. Peter's Cemetery and the Actors' Home would sug- 

 gest the advisability of constructing a driveway al o it 100 feet 

 wide along the Eastern side of the Lake as tar as Martling Lane, 

 to the North of which the park is to extend in a Northerly direc- 

 tion embracing Brook's Pond, including plot No. 5 of the Van 

 ('lief property, the Richmond Ice Company's property to the 

 North of Martling Lane, as well as a strip 200 feet wide on the 

 Easterly side of Brook's Pond out of the Whaley, Schnaar and 

 Brooks property. Continuing along the brook forming the out- 

 let from Brooks' Pond, it is suggested to take a strip of land ap- 

 proximately 200 feet wide on each side of the brook, until the 

 turn in the brook, where the property of L. Griffith, Adam Scott. 

 A. A. Michell, C. C. King and the Manor Park Land Company, 

 as far as Cherry Lane, should be included in the park. Total 

 160 acres. 



To the North of the Manor road a parkway at least 100 feet 

 wide on each side of the brook should be continued a^ far as 

 Post avenue : South of which the parkway is still to be con- 

 tinued along the brook until its confluence with Palmer's Run, 

 and near the point where Bodine's Pond commences ; this latter 



