New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30
ORNAMENTAL PaRK ENTRANCES.
WORK BEGUN on THE NEW GATEs-orHER PRO
POSED IMPROVEMENTS

WORK BEGUN on THE NEW GATEs-orHER Pro
POSED IMPROVEMENTS
TIL" beginning Of valuable and import ant work for
N" permanent improvement Of Pros pect Park has 70
Gently be"n made. and what has long been eyesors
In connection with its appearance will be partially
removed When me Park laid out its boun-
DIARIES were defined by plain wooden picket fence.
Bcfon the original designs for the Improvement OF the
pleasure ground were carried our tho funds available
were exhausted, and no provision could be made for
anything better so for OF years tho unsighty
fence has stood to morify every resident Of the
city Who takes his friends to see the Park.
soon after the present Board Of Park Commissioner
was appointed their attention directed to the I'M
finished condition of the Park and the Legislature last
year vas induced TO authorize the expenditure Of
100000 for permanent Park improvements. Tho
executive committee reported last summer that thu
WORK most needed included bridges over the Lull.
wafer. near the bOa'hOI>e, for foot passen GERS and
between Hccz" lIl and Lookout Hill, for carriages,
N" rpair Of tho artificial stone bridge under tho
Grvc by the flower Gardcu, and the building Of new
sentry boxes a. the cn;rsu e, and a fence.
Tho committee reported IN favor OF beginning the
WORN Of Improvement by building wall either side
~ IN" pHncIp"l entrances. namely. the Plaza. the
" illinb. and IL" Ocean Parkway gates The scheme
for erecting memorial arch tribute b BrooklyB
soldiers and saIosS who iook par I'm the war at the
Plaza entrance. made needless ANY plans for orna-
m"ntlnG that part of the Park but II proposed 70
hud wall on both sides Of the arch in Fatbush and
Ninth ayes. Plans were prepared for the two other
entrances and contracts for III" work were made some
time ago. Al the Wilink entrance there viii
bn round but~SScs OF Stone fanking each
side Of the drive. with stone seas extending on both
sdrs OF The walk AL AGENT the drive. Then inside
the walls Will be- stone sentry boxes Of neat design.
III" wall Will BE- about five feet IN height. This
gentry boxes Will be Of pink granite and will cost
about Al 500 carh.
At the Ocean Parkway entrance shelters Of stone
arr Included IN the work, with sculptued pedestals
for ornamental vases. The designs include groups Of
pranotnG horses. The entire work will cost about
100000. To extend the wall entirely around the
Park VIII cost much that It VIII probably BE- -
work Of years TO complete II.
Therr Is some dissatisfaction with the plans for
the work the part Of close observers OF the needs
II tho Park George Miller purcyor Of the farmhouse
aud restaurant At the flower garden in the Park
said to Tribune reporter: II is great mistake 10
take Away the high wooden fence and put up q low
wall. II Will be easy for people TO get In
and out OF the Park, and to carry q
or anything they lay their hands upon. {
There few city pc'Sr near the Park at tho Ninth
ave and Fifecnth.st. sides and none al all on the
Flabush side. Will" the force OF Park policemen ID
small Prospect Park Is practically in the country.
what II need, Is high iron fence, and II would cost
much less than a wall II wall must be built 10
ought to be topped with an iron railing. Then u
coild be lower Than Il Will have 10 be AFFORD
any sort of projection. The Genital Park wall wouh
not be high enough for MS
Another Improvement which tho Park Commission.
rr have undcr way Il the cie'ton % Q
bridge over the Luws.er, IN place of Tho present.
wuoien structure near the boaihOuSe. n was esti.
mated that that could be replaced for q 0OO but 70
wa decided TO spend twice this sum and put up z
more durable bridge. But the bids put In undar
the plans prepared by tho architects employed range
nom sI7 SIS 10 $4,000, that the work win cost
about twice what expected 1t Is estimated
that the Breeze lin bridge. on the abumens put
mn twenty years ago, will cost upward Of 800 600
The original plans included rcfectory and shelter
building like the Casino In Central Park near the
bridge With the Increase Of driving, something "a
this sort win be needed At present there % ne
place ind shelter whom driving In the Park In ess0
Of sudden StOrzn. = /.