Proposed Improvements in Philadelphia s City Plan 
has not actually a single street laid out 
in such a way, it will be seen that the 
departure is distinct. An ordinance to 
enable the Bureau of Surveys to adopt 
the whole of Mr. Day’s plan has been 
enthusiastically recommended by the Board 
of Surveys and is now awaiting councilmanic 
action. 
THE WEST BANK OF THE SCHUYLKILL 
THE WEST BANK OF THE SCHUYLKILL BELOW WALNUT STREET, AS IT APPEARS TO-DAY 
While the three plans already discussed are railroad skirts a 
occupying most prominently, the attention of but it does not 
the authorities and the public, there has been edge for about 
an undemonstrative 
agitation going on for 
a number of years con¬ 
cerning the possibility 
of reclaiming a portion, 
and preserving the re¬ 
mainder, of the west 
bank of the Schuylkill 
River south of Walnut 
Street. Two portions 
have already been taken 
for park purposes, of 
which Bartram’s Garden 
is the most southerly. 
South of Walnut 
Street, for a distance 
somewhat less than half 
a mile, no great obstacle 
to the realization of 
the plan is presented. 
There are three or four 
marble or lumber yards 
there, which take up 
about three-fourths of 
the bank, the remain¬ 
ing quarter being com¬ 
pletely unoccupied. A 
large extent of the bank, 
come very close to the 
a mile south of Walnut 
Street. Consequently 
the only expense in¬ 
volved would be that of 
condemnation or pur¬ 
chase of the land and 
constructing the road¬ 
way with an approach 
from Walnut Street 
bridge. 
The next portion to 
be considered presents 
the least difficulty of all, 
because it has already 
been set aside for a 
museum and public 
park. It extends some¬ 
what more than half a 
mile. An illustration 
presented herewith 
shows a plan for its 
improvement prepared 
in 1898 by Messrs. 
Olmsted. On account 
of changes during the 
last two or three years, 
slight alterations will 
have to be made, but 
