The New York herald., 1870-07-24

! pazas. clrriiscWays aud asphaltel Geds, ana to
The new Court House and city liaI w.i be con.
nected with broad walk, fifteen ect in width; the
openiplaza In front OF tue City Hall VIII remain
FOR reuegs ana paraleT the sidewalk in front
, 81 Nhe Cty Hal wdI BE- % extenled TO "a a
ana a win vi sa es te re i there so
many wears, and the area shadowed by these
itees WI De giassea over ana planted Win shrlIo;
stretch Will be broad carrageway or drive. con.
Meeting Barclay and Beekman streets, thus opening
about Printing House square. IL is also proposed
hack stand under careful regulations along
put up at various points and they WIN be screened
and protected by shrubbery from pubic gaze
width oil twelve feet thus giving more breadth to
these TWO thor0ughiares, aid where the sidewalks
are the space will be occupied by paving There
Will then be an additional walk inside twenty feet
wide.
turned into a carriageway. Broad walks Will run
north aud south. TO eastward and westward OF the
CITY Hall oS ty ne rnsrs G9r id House ss
the Cliy Hail. al.een feet, lin IN ,n,y width,
bellished. There will be a main entrance from
Broadway to the City Hall door. The men are also
City Hall aud new Court House. by which traiiic Will
again DO relieved by opening second passage.
CrotOn man. The old Rotunda aud engine house
formerly occupied by the Croton Board VIII be re,
moved; the trees Will be carefully trimmed the soil
speaking, the improvements viii Be- very
important to the several Localities surrounding
now engaged with the plckaxe, shovel and cart and
experts are laying down the impervious Trinidad
asphalt. These IN brief are the alterations IN pro-
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE MADE
e sarae n CIV 81 aa IN the ei
should influence the Department Of Public Parks to
provide something that wl dignity and E emoellisn;
should be preserved alone for Its antiquity; and
bronzes large waterspouts from the mouths OF en-
graved beasts and artistic effect produced by fou
Iains and unique water JETS should be introduced 1t
would not be dincnlt TO render the City Hall PARK
most beautiful and attractive resort; but to attain
this result the work must not close while but just
begun. The admirable situation OF this area for
great men, celebrated In the local history, should De
commemorated by the city's munlfcence.
Small percentage deducted from annual "per-
Quisites' would accomplish this end
1t Is not an insane idea to propose that the early
colonial history Of tas sty and the ,n1d indian m e on
priately illustrated by stone or metal In some con-
spcuons way. The success 81 the lmperlsaaole
Is good reminder to keep constantly in view.
Perhaps it is not bad 70 suggest tnat the bones OF
the 9oo prison snip martyrs t now m ing III as
to New York. where tney rightIuy belong, and be
eniomped in the City Hall Park by private munla-
cence, In grand mausoleum becoming the dignity
OF grateful posterity Mayor Hall, II he cares Tor
the honor OF the Corporation, should at least make
dead.
Then, with the grassplats thlckly strewn with
U bordered and % fringed with with arbor or Vita and ever.
greens, and soft shrubbery and creeping vines the
G Han Park WITH its sold and eIsgant, marble sli'H
tho stately buildings ns eS. Of Is WaS 81
credit 10 the Western World, but not until an en-.
larged policy Is manifested as much be said
Here Is the place to expend the largest amount Of
universally cut The time Is ripe for grand effort.
is to lie hoped that the occasion Will he appre-
Ciated.
BOWLING GREEN
ries, is also being rejuvenated and thoroughly
connection faultlessy re-establshed. the cid trees
ToUa aad the r'a WIN Se Osas RSaf ~ S
Lne above table the area Of this delightful
little spot is small but its history Is eventu. The
Broadway shambles, existing In the early colonial
bockers considered It their chosen resort. would 1t
be inappropriate TO ornament Bowling Green with
to tho foreign shipping offices in the Vicinity the
primitive days Of the young republic In all their
Dutch simpcityY II seems useless TO preserve Such
small Isolated territory when 1t might be used as
broad, open plaza, II there IS nothing connected I @ @
! patimeht has no intention Of the kind named Bow
| ling Green, as park, should be destroyed.
Is to have park. Where formerly thriyed and naul
tlped the vllest kinds OF iniqulty in few weeks
there Will be sodded green surrounded by pretty
railing, much resembling the area enclosed at Bowl
ing Greeu The confluence Of streets at this point
has long rendered such an Improvement necessary,
ana 1t is curious TACT thai beneath the downy YER
dure soon 70 ripen at Five Points will be buried one
OF the most ightful resorts Of crime known In the
world.
square elevates the surrounding population, draws
1t out from criminal seclusion and gives tone to
| an entire nslghnorrnooa Ana here again
proved and cheap, territory might easily be
| would be double stroke-annihilating nasty sinks
Of vice and providing at the same time an exaltiug
In cities where there are few squares there is much
sin. es
| CANAL STREET AND NORTH RIVER
Is the situation Of another tract which the depart
ment is improving. Here there is to pc an encIos-
ure, surrounded by an iron railing, grassed and
At many Of the Slips piers and along the TWO
rivers there are vacant places susceptible or IKE
treatment The appearance OF any water approach
to the city Is very shocking, and any ornament Is
godsend. aal8r
Is still another open place be fenced In and beau
titled. About this point are many OLD residents who
have ciung to their old nomesteads, AS the depart
ment is working here there Is every re ason to be-
sve nat something 9nn naas1e saSTnsy WIN be produced
one Of the most Important squares in the city, and
an old heirloom, has by common consent been
cover fhls tract will be preserve rs the depart
ment which is now engaged r. +. overhaafng IT. Three
asaaTed saared " wqrEmsa nv on are poyed daily M
beautifully ornarnented and taslcfuliy outlined.
., broaa cEcultons walks are to intersect the sur
!a race, and along the sea walk Is to be wide and ex.
tended promenade looking down the bay. From the
foot Of Broadway carriage way Will be pushed to
! Castle Garden, with walks on either side.
Here the attention Of the authorities is directed to
the dilapdated emigrant structure Its very sight
alone IS enough to discourage the poor emigrant as
pleasant passage, and to New York 1t is frightiul
bemlsh 1t is suggested that the surplus on the per
capita tax. levied emigrants by tile State OF New
| York would alone provide funds for an attractive
edince.
In addition to the other improvements cOntem-
plated there will be roadway from Castle Garden
connecting with the foot OF West street. The soil ID
now being prepared, and before the close OF the
season 1t is expected that the Battery will be COM
peted g.sll
THE FOURTH AVENUE PARKS
beginning at Thirty fourth street, are being some'
what transformed. Chief among the alterations Is
the cutting through Of large vennatOrs to the tun
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