PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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tains in connection with it, for the use of 
the passersby. The lavatories- and slop 
sinks are provided with hot water as well 
as cold, the water being heated by an auto- 
matic gas water heater in connection with 
a storage tank. 
Peninsula Park has two separate build- 
ings, one for men and one for women. 
Both buildings are alike, except the plumb- 
ing fixtures. The plan provides a main 
room, a vestibule and a storage closet. 
Two entrances are provided, one opening 
to the playground and one to the park. A 
terrace with seat is provided across the 
end toward the playground. 
The walls and partitions are of brick 
and the roof of red Spanish tiles. The 
exterior walls show red brick laid in 
Flemish bond up to the window sills and 
rough cast plaster between the windows. 
The windows are latticed and contain no 
glass, thereby affording ample ventilation. 
The roof has a very wide overhand shel- 
tering the windows. The exterior wood- 
work is stained a soft brown. The in- 
terior is plastered smooth, with all corners 
rounded for sanitary purposes and there 
is no interior woodwork except the doors. 
The men’s building contains five closets, 
five urinals and a wash sink. The wom- 
en’s building contains five closets and two 
wash sinks. 
The comfort station in Kenilworth Park 
is built into a side hill, so that the floor 
is on a level with the playgrounds and the 
flat roof is on a level with the upper 
ground, thus forming a terrace overlook- 
ing the playgrounds. The building con- 
tains sanitaries for both men and women, 
being separated by a large covered shel- 
ter which is for the women’s use only and 
is shut off from the men's end. A stair 
leads from this shelter up to the higher 
ground level. The men's portion has a 
separate stair at the end of the building, 
leading to the upper level. A covered 
porch extends across the front and end of 
each sanitary, the women's porch connect- 
ing with the shelter. 
The walls are of red brick with stone 
trimmings, and the floors, roof and stairs 
of reinforced concrete. The men’s sanitary 
contains four closets, two urinals, a wash 
sink and a slop sink. The women’s sani- 
tary contains four closets, a wash sink and 
a slop sink. Ventilation is provided 
through the windows. 
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COMFORT STATION AT COLUMBIA PARK, PORTLAND, ORE. 
BUILDING A WATER PARKWAY IN A CITY RAVINE 
Waterway Park, in Kansas City, Kan., 
is an interesting example of the improve- 
ment of a valley within a city. 
This deep ravine or valley was once on 
the western boundary of the city, but with 
the westward growth of population, the 
business district is now within a short 
distance. Minnesota avenue, the principal 
street of the city, crosses the valley at the 
centre of the present park. 
The land in the valley was not suitable 
for building purposes, and presented an 
obstacle to the development of the sur- 
rounding ground. The filling of the east 
and west streets formed three lakes, fed 
by large springs which give a constant 
supply. 
The valley for more than a half mile 
was acquired for park purposes at a rea- 
sonable figure, and now forms the very 
centre of the future park system, a water 
parkway connecting two important boule- 
vards. 
The planning for the beautification of 
this property became the problem of Hare 
& Hare, of Kansas City, Mo., landscape 
architects to the park department of Kan- 
sas City, Kan. 
The two largest lakes offer many op- 
portunities for naturalistic development. 
