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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN SECTION OF BEAVER PARK, ALBANY, 
NEW YORK. 
way of improvement this year. Sheridan 
Park is between Swan and Dove streets. 
On Elk street, running along the crest of 
the hill overlooking the Clinton avenue d s- 
trict. When completed it will be a splen- 
did addition to the small breathing spots. 
TO ENLARGE RIVERSIDE PARK. 
Riverside Park, close to the Hudson 
River, in the oldest and most congested 
section of the city, is to be enlarged to 
nearly three times its present size. When 
finished it will extend south to the Green- 
bush bridge and north of Madison avenue 
and the boat landing. 
The city owns 620 acres of undeveloped 
land at the extreme western boundary • 
north of the Country Club. It was the 
site of the old Rensselaer Lake reservoir 
and may some day evolve into a park when 
population marches farther westward. 
On the northern boundary is a similar 
opportunity for park making on the site of 
the Tivoli lakes, where the city still owns 
a large area. Up to 1888 Albany's water 
supply came from these lakes. As it is 
on the route of the extended boulevard 
system there is additional reason for mak- j 
ing it a recreation ground. 
In the general scheme of park extension 
are the contemplated sunken gardens, an 
idea copied from Italy and other European 
countries. A low', narrow strip of land, 
three blocks long, extending from Main 
avenue to Ontario street and near Western 
avenue, has been set aside for this novel 
purpose .' — Knickerbocker Press, April 16, 
1914. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 
The program of the sixteenth annual 
meeting of the American Associalion of 
Park Superintendents, to be held in New- 
burgh, N. Y., and New York City, August 
24, 25, 26 and 27, 1914, has been completed. 
Headquarters in New r burgh will be at the 
Palatine Hotel, in New York at the Hotel 
Astor. 
The following announcement of welcome 
has been issued, signed by Mayor John B. 
Corwin, Park Commissioners William C. 
Belknap, Henry M. Leonard, W. L. Smith 
and William H. Coldwell, and Superintend- 
ent of Parks Charles Haible : 
“1 he Mayor and Park Commissioners 
of the City of Newburgh voice the senti- 
ment of all the people of the ‘Queen City 
of the Hudson" in extending to you a cor- 
dial welcome. Next to its beautiful scenery 
the Hudson River valley is noted for the 
warmth of heart and hospitality of its peo- 
ple. Come by all means to the conven- 
tion. A warm welcome and delightful en- 
tertainment await you." 
The complete program follows : 
The story of the founding of Newburgh 
has come to be an important part of Ameri- 
can history. It has been so often repeated 
since the time of Queen Anne that it seems 
superfluous to say more than that it 
crowns the hill overlooking Newburgh Bay 
in a most picturesque manner. It is fifty- 
eight miles from New York and has rail- 
road and steamboat connections that are 
tiresome in their enumeration. 
The Palatine Hotel, headquarters of the 
convention at Newburgh, is just about the 
center of population of the city, five min- 
utes’ walk from all railway stations and 
boats. 
PROGRAM. 
Monday, August 24. 
Newburgh, N. Y. 
3' p. m. — Meeting of the Executive Board. 
7 :30 p. m. — Annual meeting. Address of 
welcome, Mayor of Newburgh; addresses 
by the Park Commissioners of Newburgh; 
response, President H. S. Richards. 
A brief sketch of the life and works of 
Andrew Jackson Downing, by Prof. F. A. 
Waugh. 
‘‘The Preservation of Natural Woodlands 
Under Park Conditions,” illustrated lec- 
ture and discussion led by Ogelsby Paul, 
landscape gardener, Fairmount Park, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 
Tuesday, August 25. 
7:30 A. M. 
Newburgh, N. Y. 
A trip to the Beacons, three miles dis- 
tant, by boat and funicular railway. These 
two mountains, known as North and South 
Beacon, are points where signal fires were 
displayed during the revolutionary times 
as warnings to the country of the approach 
of the enemy. 
10:30 A. M. 
Home of Andrew J. Downing, the father 
of American landscape gardening. This 1 
house was built by Andrew Downing in ■ 
1839. The little red cottage in which he , 
was born still stands in this plot. In this j 
once beautiful spot Andrew J. Downing 
passed the years of his short life, dying 
at the age of 37, losing his life by the 
burning of the steamboat Henry Clay on 
the Hudson River, July 28, 1852. Down- 
ing’s body was buried in St. George’s Cem- 
etery and later on removed and interred | 
in Cedar Hill Cemetery, six miles north of ! 
Newburgh. 
Home of Charles Downing, an eminent 
horticulturist and brother of Andrew J., 
and a few private estates showing exam- 
ples of the Downing planting. 
Unsurpassed in its situation, a living 
monument of ever growing beauty to the 
memory of Andrew J. Downing. From 
here can be seen a long stretch of the Hud- 
son River with the two Beacons to the east 
and to the south “Storm King” and 
"Breakneck,” sentinels of the Hudson 
River Highlands, which look down upon 
the plains of West Point Military Academy. 
At the south end of the city, the home 
of George Washington during the most 
trying days of the Revolution. 
The scene of the disbandment of the 
American army in 1783. 
