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Other but less important sections remain in an unfinished 

 state. Of these, that in the neighborhood of the Willink 

 entrance, running south along Ocean avenue, is one. The 

 neighborhood of the entrance just opened at the junction of 

 Fifteenth street and the City line is another. 



Of important structures contemplated, the completion of the 

 bridge at a site already established, adjacent to the temporary 

 bridge over the northern inlet of the Lake, is perhaps one that 

 would justify the earliest consideration on the part of the 

 Commissioners. The erection of a bridge at this point and 

 the modifications of the drive across it, which would result in 

 a material improvement in the grades, would justify at the 

 same time the continuation of work upon the unfinished 

 surfaces of the slope and portions of the Peninsula, bordering 

 upon the Lake. Within a short distance of this permanent 

 bridge site it has been the intention to erect the hotel, which 

 naturally would be of more ambitious design than any structure 

 now in use upon the Park. The site is a commanding and 

 accessible one, and would afford from its piazzas and windows 

 an outlook upon the Lake, and would comprehend in a broad 

 vista the intermediate section of the Island between the Park 

 and the Island, and an expansive view of the ocean itself. 



The want of .suitable provision for restaurant facilities, for 

 the temporary care of horses and vehicles, and such accom- 

 modation as visitors, particularly in carriages, demand, has 

 greatly emphasized the criticisms as to the want of such accom- 

 modation which has followed upon the great increase in 

 pleasure riding in the community during the past ten years. 



The Lookout Hill neighborhood, a considerable portion of 

 which is utilized as a site for the Park Reservoir, has been 

 intended to be used as a site for an observatory, the position 

 being every way favorable, and perhaps without parallel for 

 such purposes in either city, in view of the fine outlook to be 

 afforded from such elevation as the contemplated structure 

 would command. While minor portions of the Park must of 

 necessity require more attention and expenditure than their 



