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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
PROGRESSIVE PARK WORK IN MINNEAPOLIS 
The twentj’-fifth annual report of the 
Board of Park Commissioners of 
Minneapolis, for the year 1907, the sec- 
ond year of Superintendent Theodore 
Wirth’s administration shows abundant 
evidence of his activity in the past, 
and definite plans for future develop- 
ment that will give Minneapolis one of 
the finest park systems in the country. 
Mr. Wirth has systematized and broad- 
ened the work to include everything 
that goes to make modern park service 
of the highest type. The park force in- 
cludes a forester, C. N. Reudlinger, a 
supervisor and instructor of play- 
grounds, C. T. Booth, and an engi- 
neer, F. H. Nutter, Jr., from two of 
whom a report is included. The book 
is handsomely illustrated and contains 
a number of park plans and sketches 
by Mr. Wirth, that give definite guid- 
ance for future work. 
The season just closed has been one 
of great activity. Perhaps its most 
striking accomplishment has been the 
completion of Minnehaha avenue in 
front of the park and along the river 
bank and the joining of that drive with 
the new government road, thus com- 
pleting not only the long desired con- 
nection with Fort Snelling but afford- 
ing a beautiful and commanding view 
of the gorge, the ’ Soldiers’ Home and 
the Mississippi river. Equally import- 
ant has been the closing of the contract 
for the dredging and reclamation of 
Lake of the Isles Park. 
The Board has acquired during the 
past year 101.04 acres of land making 
the total park area 1,926 acres, of which 
462 acres are in water. The report 
calls attention to the fact that the sys- 
tem is incomplete in having no large 
scenic park, and earnestly recommends 
the enlargement of Glenwood Park, 
now 103 acres to 1,000 acres to fill this 
deficiency. 
The various parks and their areas are 
as follows : 
PARK. ACRES. 
Barnes Place 0.57 
Bryant Square 3.68 
Calhoun Terrace 20.50 
Cedar Avenue Triangle 0.021 
Clifton Triangle 0.034 
Columbia Park 166.20 
Cottage Park 0.50 
Dean Boulevard 15.90 
Elliot Park 4.00 
Euclid Triangle .33 
Franklin Steele Square 1.54 
Fairview Park 30.82 
Glen Gale 1.65 
Glenwood Park 103.14 
Highland Oval 0.058 
Hillside Triangle 0.50 
Hiyata Park 10.30 
Humboldt Triangle 0.35 
Interlachen 25.50 
Irving Triangle 0.11 
Jackson Square 2.32 
Kenwood Park 33.45 
Kenwood Parkway 20.60 
King's Highway 14.73 
Lake Calhoun 19.09 
Lake Harriet 408.00 
Lake of the Isles Park 155.67 
Lakeside Oval 0.316 
Logan Park 10.08 
Loring Park 36.34 
Lovell Square 1.35 
Lowry Triangle 0.16 
Lyndale Park 61.26 
Lyndale Farmstead 10.00 
Minnehaha Park 142.04 
Minnehaha Parkway 177.07 
Mount Curve Triangle 0.05 
Murphy Square 3.33 
Newton Triangle 0.12 
North Commons 25.74 
Normanna Triangle 0.07 
Oak Lake 1.33 
Oliver Triangle 0.04 
Powderhorn Lake Park 53.81 
Rauen Triangle 0.027 
Riverside Park 19.78 
Richard Chute Square 1.07 
Royalston Triangle 0.20 
St. Anthony Parkway 80.50 
St. Anthony Heights 4.70 
Small Triangle 0.01 
Smith Triangle .26 
Stevens Place 0.06 
Stevens Square 2.48 
Stinson Boulevard 15.10 
Svea Triangle 0.089 
The Parade 57.39 
Van Cleve Park 6.97 
Virginia Triangle .167 
Wilson Park 1.13 
Windom Park 8.63 
Washington Triangle 0.04 
West Riverside Park, includ- 
ing Islands in River 175.36 
Total 1,926.632 
WATER AREAS. 
Lake Harriet 353 Acres 
Lake of the Isles 100 Acres 
Powderhorn Lake 9 Acres 
Since the organization of the board 
in 1883, its work has been almost 
altogether that of acquiring park lands. 
The demand for the improvement of 
its various properties has at times been 
very urgent but the board has con- 
sistently and wisely adhered to its pol- 
icy of securing its parks before expend- 
ing large sums for their development. 
It would now appear that with two ex- 
ceptions that the board has secured so 
far as seems proper to anticipate the 
future, a sufficient park area and is 
now about, to enter on the work of park 
improvement. 
The expenditures for 1907 amounted 
to $65,208.03, which is an average cost 
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