St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-15
PARKS AND BOULEvARDs.
What the Park Commission Has
Accomplished in Laying Out a
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The park commission is pushing
through the development of the park
system of the city very rapidly, and
probably before the year is over st. Paul
will be able to boast park.and boule-
ward system second to that of no other
city i'll the country. The orders for the
condemnation of the Indian mounds on
.Dayton's bluff and Carpenters look
out on Summit avenue are already be-
fore the board of public works. The
former will contain about tWenty-three
acres. while the latter takes in, beside
the lookout" all the vacant property
south of Ramsey street to the
old Burbank homestead. The board of
public works has already completed the
assessments for the West side park.
But the particularly big job on the
hands of the. park commission is
Hiawatha park, on this side of the
This embraces about forty acres, and
the order for its condemnation is now
in the hands of the board of public
works. The proposition is to make this
park perfect beauty spot, large enough
to afford pleasant airing to thousands,
land attractive enough to get the thou
sands to GO there.
/. THE BOULEvARDS.
!. The commission is putting all its
energy at present into the magnificent
boulevard system, and already between
two and three miles of driveWays in
Como park have been graded. Along
these drives the borders have been
iiskirted with shrubbery and a large
number of trees set out, with clusters
of trees, evergreens and shrubbery here
and there. Earl street, which is part
of the great boulevard system, from the
Mounds to the junction of Como
land Phalen boulevard, is being
'widened to 100 feet. while at the juno
ton OF Como and Phalen avenues, Just
where Earl street strikes it, it is pro-
posed to locate a park of twenty-five
acres on the shores of Lake Phalen.
Como and Phalen boulevard is being
widened to 120 feet from Lake Phalen
to Como park. An annex to Como
park, on the west side, will be opened
to Smelling avenue opposite the state
fair grounds; and Smelling avenue, also
a part of the boulevard system, is being
widened to 100 feet and graded as far as
Marshall avenue. Smelling avenue will
be opened and graded to West Seventh
street, opposite Fort Smelling. A boule-
ward has been laid out on the east
bank of the Mississippi river from
the Hennepin county line to
Fort Smelling, 200 feet wide, and the
Summit avenue boulevard has been laid
out from the Short Line bridge directly
west through to the Mississippi river,
200 feet wide. This is now graded and
ready for all the little embellishments.
Marshall avenue is also being graded
through
DIRECTLY TO THE RIVER
to connect with the Mississippi river
boulevard. The city engineer has com
pleted the survey of the contemplated
driveways around Lakes Como and
Phalen.
The commission is now waiting for
the board of public works to complete
assessments for the parks which have
been condemned. When this is done,
if there remains any Of the 100000 park
appropriation. additional sites will be
selected by the commission. The old
parks have not been forgotten, for the
fountains have received another coat of
paint, the ornaments being bronzed and
gilded, and the benches and grass have
received such treatment as to excite
the admiration of everybody who loves
neatness, cleanliness, taste and beauty.