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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
PLAN FOR POWDERHORN PARK, MINNEAPOLIS. 
By Theodore Wirth, Supt. of Parks. 
of $.3.5.90 an acre for the maintenance 
of the system. Mr. Wirth includes an 
elaborate table classifying the expendi- 
tures in detail. 
The completion of Minnehaha ave- 
nue noted above gives a well defined and 
graded boulevard 40 feet in width with 
combined cement curb and gutter 
along the entire frontage of the park. 
The rock for the roadway was taken 
from a quarry located on park land, 
and a complete crushing plant installed 
at a cost of $4,239.23. 
Grading for the rose garden at 
Lyndale Park was completed before 
winter set in and the necessary plants, 
nearly 3,000 in number, are on hand 
ready for planting this spring. 
A complete greenhouse plant includ- 
ing two houses 18x75 feet was erected 
at Lyndale Farmstead. The plant is 
built in concrete, brick and steel, with 
as little wood as possible. The green- 
house structures above the masonry 
work and the heating plant were built 
by the Lord & Burnham Company, at 
a cost of $6,500. The potting shed and 
all foundation work was done by the 
park force with the exception of the 
brick work which was done under con- 
tract by a local builder. 
The Forester reports that 400 trees 
and 8,250 shrubs were planted; of the 
latter, 5,250 were nursery grown and 
3,000 collected ; 7,780 trees were 
pruned for different improvement as- 
sociations. 
The Supervisor of Playgrounds re- 
ports a total attendance at the five 
park playgrounds of 93,600, counting 
only those actually using the equipment 
in the season of twelve weeks. 
Mr. Wirth has prepared a plan. 
illustrated here, for the complete de- 
velopment of Powderhorn Lake Park, 
which he recommends should be done 
in annual installments. 
At the southeast end of the lake the 
plan indicates a large shelter building 
to be used in connection with a small 
playground, boating and skating. The 
building as shown in accompanying 
sketch is designed to be an open shelter 
in the summer and an enclosed warm- 
ing house in the winter, with an inside 
room for checking and storing. The 
building would be built of concrete 
with steel frame for tile roof and with 
as little wood as possible. 
The lake cuts this park actually in 
two parts, making a long detour neces- 
sary to get from the east part to the 
west part, and vice versa. The plan 
shows an arched bridge of 120 feet span 
across the lake, which connects with a 
system of walks affording access to all 
points along the east and west boundary 
lines. 
Mr. Wirth does not consider it ad- 
visable to introduce driveways in local 
parks of medium or small size, for the 
reason that in cities witlr a parkway 
and boulevard system like Minneapolis 
such parks should be treated as a re- 
treat for the people, and not as a thor- 
oughfare for the driving public. 
The main idea in designing this plan 
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PERSPECTIVE AND PLAN OF SHELTER HOUSE FOR 
POWDERHORN PARK, MINNEAPOLIS. 
