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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
DESIGN FOR GRANT PARK. 
DESIGN FOR GRANT PARK, YONKERS, N. Y. 
This design (which gained first prize in open com- 
peition last year) is for a small city park of less than 
three acres. As it is not large enough to contain 
such features of a larger park as playgrounds, gym- 
nasiums, etc., more attention has been given to devel- 
oping the quietness and unity of the scene than to 
providing a number of popular attractions. The 
ground slopes from north to south by a grade of 
about I in 13. The motive of the scheme is set by 
the fine trees, mostly white oaks, which appear on 
the plan separately, and in lighter tints. To provide 
an appropriate setting for these, and full facilities for 
the circulation of traffic, the scheme has been made 
very simple, consisting almost entirely of lawn 
bounded by paths of easy curve and by foliage. No 
vehicles are admitted. Thus it seemed essential to 
leave as large a stretch of unbroken lawn as possible 
in the center. 
The next most obvious need was to provide for 
traffic across the ground (which has always been open 
to the pubic) in all directions. Observations on sev- 
eral occasions, and particularly after snow had lain 
on the ground for several days, making tlfe lines of 
traffic very clear, showed tracks in all directions, most 
of them leading to Parker street. Probably three- 
quarters of the traffic across this ground passes Tie- 
tween the southwest corner and Parker street. A 
line of travel was therefore laid down between these 
two points, and the ellipse-like path round the whole 
park constructed connecting easily with the points 
where entrances appeared to be necessary, and pro- 
viding a walk for those who wish to walk in the park, 
and not through it merely. 
At the north end of the park a small plaza has been 
made with seats for women and children overlooking 
the park, and a sand pit for small children. 
Rocks have been left in certain parts of the park, 
partly for their decorative, partly for their historic 
value. In one place in the main lawn where a group 
of them appears too scattered, rhododendrons are 
used to unite them, and so prevent them from dis- 
turbing the repose of the greensward. Trees are 
planted in several places near the walks to aflord 
shade without interfering with the general effect. 
In the northeast corner, where the ground is 
highest and more nearly level, a pavilion is' placed to 
serve for shelter and music ; it will appear to the best 
advantage in this location and will justify the use of 
more showy planting materials east of it, and separate 
