PARK AND CCMETCR'r'. 
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NEW PLAN OF JACKSON PARK, CHICAGO.— OLMSTED, OLMSTED & ELIOT, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. 
The general design of the driveways is readily 
comprehensible from the plan given, and it will be 
observed, that though simple in their arrangement 
of easy and graceful curves, their circuit involves 
all the special features of the park, and includes de- 
tails directly increasing their effectiveness for pleas- 
ure driving. 
Wooded Island, of World’s Fair fame, with its 
Japanese temple will be retained, and many other 
smaller islands made to diversify the shore lines, 
which have been very carefully studied. 
Turning to the recreation facilities; at the south- 
west corner of the park will be the great playground 
of sixty acres, affording opportunities for all kinds 
of games. A bicycle track will girdle it and a run- 
ning track will form another feature. A bicycle 
stand, carriage shelter and general building will 
sooner or later be erected at the south-west corner 
on rising ground. This magnificent lawn with its 
surroundings will be an invaluable addition to the 
landscape of the park. 
Where the great Manufactures Building once 
stood, some twenty-four acres will include tennis 
grounds on which buildings to meet the necessary 
requirements will be erected in due course. 
In the area lying between the drive and Stony 
Island Ave., the western boundary, the scheme pro- 
poses an elaborate arrangement of gymnasiums for 
both sexes, with the appropriate buildings, and a 
childrens playground with accessories. These feat- 
ures of the public park have been for a long time 
popular in Europe, and in Boston in our own coun- 
try. In this section of the grounds, headquarters 
and buildings for other purposes connected with the 
care and management may be located. 
The foregoing gives a skeleton idea of the in- 
formal portion of this great park, and turning to the 
north end, the Art Building, now the Field Colum- 
bian Museum, which is 1200 feet long, practically 
dominates the further design, and it will be seen 
that the lines are formal, to be in keeping with the 
classical style of this beautiful structure. This treat- 
ment extends from the north end of the main la- 
goon. It is designed to span the channel, which 
connects the main lagoon with the formal basin, 
(8 acres,) with an architectural bridge standing on 
the main axis of the Museum. 
North of the Museum and adjacent to 56th St., 
the plot is reserved for the conservatory, and what- 
ever elaborate floral display may be proposed, it is 
suggested that it may be disposed among the form- 
al lines of paths and roads in this neighborhood. 
Music, in relation to park pleasures, has not 
been forgotten, and a choice location has been 
suggested and designed to accommodate its require- 
ments. 
Carriage sheds are provided for, to be disposed 
of in a partially concealed shrubbery scheme, west 
of the Museum. 
At the south end of the park, the land between 
