House and Garden 
the ferries across the busy streets on the water 
front have also been proposed. Where already 
tried, these have been found to work well. 
1 heir application to every ferry in the city 
would prove a great convenience to foot pas¬ 
sengers. 
A parkway along West One Hundred 
and Eighty-first Street, connecting the North 
River water front with the new parks in 
the Bronx by way of the Washington Bridge 
and the Grand Boulevard and Concourse is 
also proposed. Washington Bridge, one of 
the finest structures in the city, would 
thus virtually be included in and form 
one of the distinctive features of the park 
system which extends from Fort Washing- 
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