The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-16
TRANSFORMING A PARK.
How Brooklyn Has Lost the Ouiy Green SPOT
tn her business Centre.

Tho Brooklyn politicians arc playing
havoc with tho beauties of tho City Hall Park.
and there 10 much Indignation in BROOKLYN
| over their action All the shade trees i'm tho
| park have boon cut away, and instead of turf
therc is TO be hereafter an expanse Of blue stone
Tagging from tho edge Of the marble steps to
| Court and Fulton streets. Tho expense 10 the
| city OF the various alterations Of the park will
pc hearly fJO.OOO. The first assault ON the pat k
was made in the rear Of the building. The iron
fence was taken away. the curbng torn up. and
tho yard lowered several feet The Justices
court rooms in the basement OF the City Hail
had been damp and unwhocsomo, and the OBJ
jcct OF this first alteration was TO depresa tho
yard enough to remove all causes Of dampness.
ana make the rooms airy and light. Several
line shade trees were chopped down. and others
VIZ lowered into the ground at an expense of
$50 zach. These maintain n doubtful 90 isfsn,,,
since their roots have been tnmpcrol with md
u ~ expected that ono or two ol them will die
n NE sprlng. The yard WIS returfed after be-
ing lowered. nnd neat granite curb was placed
around the grass plots As the rear Of ths unrk
was then some four feet lower than the front. a
row OF expensive granite steps was built ON
cither side of the City Hall on limo with tho
front 3l the building. The cost OF the tinkerlng
Tho pnrk in front OF tho CITY Hall contained n
number 81 shade trees which. In the summer
nddrd much beauty tn that part of BROOKLYN
tncre beng no other fresh and green spot near
IN" BUS ness centre Of tho city. A marble fnun-
tain played continually in the park sending
H,aaG "s, rt a. Sir'ular nnd 81 nower- about tho
i, n.ru Wrl SrNcral grass plots. but, be-
L., ~. ..u'i' ,lcN W,rc hs"d Tor resting
nin,'S n,snt hnu ,uey ny h"FgarS and lounE.rs
,vrr, tt n,Ps vi t,cl. tlr.c IT. We PARK. Ih"y
fr,aI nt, II, ''Nl WI 70 tllc sou; Inst summer
IL, frn, ~ tno poIucinns 70 hrgln alterntQns
,vbr ',"s 81. u,u null, hhu pune were adopted
h, ,t,s,.nI ", WIZ" sur ol INC park was 20
surr,'., ,,,,t' ttf'l ~ lpur ,i''t making tho
which ,,,s "u,v" w leNel OF Court Stf'ot.
49, -" "tS ".'hk .iN hll', meeting lull VI
go, .,, 1t, NC hp''N oi mo lrlanSuar park The
MI MI "a WI w 10 uvnoloI sigwu Tho lark
i, III ~, "..S , 'uhu'nhcu AZ but thrre trees
Ia n,ra,, NV III, w.re lt S,Hhd1ns while
hi, ,. ~ u',.'t hW"y lh' son a. ne inun-
h., a W. 'v,n III .M"n "hu uuE uOWn ne gran
were rnilcd ~, Nrbn n u y yi'ir naa p1eh lrid.
tox,',,Il '.i'u, W.. ~ p" pplN'lhhs snid The
M Hy2f,,hS q Div'hiYn h.Ne never seen thsir
49,, ~, ,,,r wv VoMh we lnii anu IL aids
i,ii W. ~ iDur ,rtt 20 IN" h,lEnt ~ the
T., 500 H., r. WV ,in.S M ~ 1nslcr
~ w W., l'.lHn ~ it'eturrol inc pullllnE.
,l, H. ~ VIZ =, oN n,'Ie s'clS - pe Addel To
',,v i , ~, ~ ia,ll ~ we mani anu
wi VIA l ,ui,u','ilS NpoH'h 70 view. lh' color
,u piin a ia ,n' 'uEihect ONCE showed ser
iII.n,.Ilr ,lh,t~ lhu N,I, - Whd ABOUT grass
'i''s :, inh'l, vi 7,,npe w iouuian mat was -
s,an ,11,,u.V "hu inc shad' trees that were lett
sun a, ii ins, , a., H.. A.. 80,
de,, oru' ,', , ,suo ma VIC lqunun was aug
ir,' f, ~, ., W ., i..t nnl ah .u,~I' run
, ,t @ 'i'', i"'lr "nl' II was H,trhilh'i io
~ "Nns H", tue shHe lrces. reduce me size
~ w ~ IA. l., 20 ~. grass lily ana nns Tie
tiItiiI ,tu We tl,lIth'c 10 Inc street To |