House and Garden 
COMMON PLAZA FOR THE APPROACHES TO THE EAST RIVER AND MANHATTAN 
BRIDGES IN THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 
This would secure in the Borough of Brooklyn a great and impressive entrance and 
would greatly relieve the congestion in Fulton Street 
leaving this interior street above mentioned 
and Fifty-ninth Street free for ordinary sur¬ 
face travel to and from the bridge. As an 
illustration of the effect of this improvement, 
the Commission has caused to be prepared 
drawings, one of which is shown. This 
plan, if adopted, would not only relieve 
the anticipated congestion due to the opening 
of the bridge, but would add greatly to 
the beauty of the park entrance at the Fifty- 
ninth Street and Fifth Avenue plaza. It 
would also give a direct connection between 
Central Park and Long Island and if, as 
has been suggested, Blackwell’s Island is 
destined to be ultimately used as a park, it 
would directly connect this with Central 
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