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lain! lias been reclaimed or tilled up 3,531 feet in length, and from 300 feet wide at 
the north end to 400 feet wide at the south end. This strip of made ground has been 
improved by the park commissioners and laid out to correspond with the small por- 
tion of land existing before 1871, and which had been laid out in walks through the 
green lawn. This Park is, without doubt, the most popular resort for pedestrians 
of any about Chicago, and is also convenient to the more densely peopled portions 
of the town, and the comfort and enjoyableness of the place, together with the 
charming and picturesque view of the lake, is admired by everybody. The city has 
assumed to hold the land in trust for the adjoining lot holders, and through the city 
council has, by ordinance, conveyed to the South Park commissioners the rights of 
both Lake Park for park purposes and Michigan Avenue for a grand Boulevard as 
far south as 39th street, where by going east a short distance it reaches Oakwood 
Boulevard. But nothing has yet been done to change Michigan Avenue, and as the 
title to Lake Park is claimed by the Illinois railroad company, the adjoining proper- 
ty owners and the city, it is quite doubtful if the improvements are finished for some 
time yet. 
From Lake Park we will drive south choosing either of the beautiful avenues for 
our route, viz. : Michigan avenue, which runs along the entire western face of the 
