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its juncture with Forest Hill road, near where it will connect 

 with the Central Park ; thence Southerly to Richmond Court 

 House by the best route that can be selected by the Commis- 

 sioner of Public Works ; thence southerly to tide water. 



PUBLIC PLAY GROUNDS. 



As regards these, an effort has been made to locate them as 

 near as possible in close proximity to the public schools, where 

 they might serve the purposes of a play-ground for the children 

 during the day-time, and the purposes of a place of recreation 

 for adults during the remainder of the day and evening. In se- 

 lecting these sites the Committee has been guided entirely by 

 the wishes of the different Ward Committees ; each sub-com- 

 mittee deciding where the sites should be located, as in accord- 

 ance with their own knowledge of the localities which they 

 represent. The public play-grounds selected are as follows : 



FIRST WARD. 



First — Public play-ground near Public School No. 16 on 

 Madison avenue ; the site selected comprising a block 200x400 

 feet, between Fourth, Madison and Monroe avenues, forming 

 part of the Alexander D. Shaw property, and 300 feet distant 

 from the above-mentioned public school. The ground is now 

 laid out as a garden, and has growing on it a number of trees, 

 shrubs, etc., and could be converted into a park at comparative- 

 ly little expense. 



Second— Site near Public School No. 17. This site immedi- 

 ately adjoins this school, has a frontage of 900 feet on the 

 Southerly side of Prospect avenue, a depth of approximately 

 1,350 to 1,400 feet on the Westerly side, and 1,150 feet on the 

 Easterly side, and a frontage on Brighton avenue ; besides this, 

 there is access to the property by way of Tenth, Eleventh and 

 Twelfth streets, Sunset Place, Alden Place and Cedar Place. 

 This property embraces the Jones' and Havens' parcels — 26 acres. 



Third — Site near the West Brighton Public School No. 18. 

 This site comprises a large part of the area formerly known as 

 Factory Pond, and fronts on Henderson, Chappelle, Union and 

 Ann streets ; the portion nearest to the school being about 200 

 feet distant from the public school site. This site is in the midst 

 of a very densely-settled portion of West New Brighton — 6 acres. 



Fourth — Site near the so-called Curtis School No. 19 on 

 Greenleaf avenue, near Post avenue, and embracing a part of the 

 Parkway connecting the Port Richmond Park with the proposed 

 Clove Valley Park System. 



