PARK AND CEMETERY. 
QUICK TRANSFORMATION OF UNSIGHTLY CORNERS 
THE TIME, NOVEMBER 2, 1911, THE PLACE AND THE THE SAME PLACE MINUS THE DIRT, NOVEMBER 5, 1911, 
DIRT. 
Where intersecting streets make 
triangles or other small areas of ir- 
regular shape, their unfitness for con- 
ventional real estate uses often leaves 
them neglected and unkempt for 
years. They are readily and fre- 
quently desecrated with billboards, 
overgrown with weeds or piled with 
refuse. 
These little odd areas offer excel- 
lent material for ornamental effects 
and where they are controlled by the 
park authorities have made admirable 
sites for fountains, monuments or 
plantings. 
A striking instance of how these 
little park areas may become valuable 
and characteristic parts of the citj^’s 
park system may be seen in Wash- 
ington, D. C., where the "circles” at 
street intersections have been admir- 
ablj' used in fine vistas and monu- 
mental effects. 
The illustrations herewith show be- 
fore and after effects in a quick 
transformation scene in two such lit- 
tle areas in Seattle, Wash. These 
triangles had become so unsightly 
that the city condemned them and 
turned them over to Park Superin- 
tendent J. W. Thompson. 
The city had authority to condemn 
these intersections from the private 
owners, for the purpose of making 
a public square, assessing the cost 
against surrounding property. 
The park board came into posses- 
sion of the property November 2nd 
when the pictures showing the bill 
boards, and other miscellaneous litter 
were taken. 
The pictures of the surfaced and 
sodded areas were taken three days 
later on November 5th and show 
what the park forces accomplished in 
two days. 
This is an excellent example not 
only of the Seattle spirit of “doing 
things and doing them now,” but also 
of what to do with street corners that 
have become eyesores. 
A COItNER IN SEATTLE HII.LBOARDS, NOVEMBER 2, 1911. THE SAME CORNER NOVEMBER 5, 19H. 
