New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16
IMPROVING THE CITY PARKS
WORK IN PROGRESS IN ALL PARTS OF
THE TOWN.
SUPERINTENDENT PARSONS TALKS ABOUT "hAI
- ,r,xc noSE.-coMP1Er1NG RIVERSIDE
pARK-A NEW PLEASURE SPOT
WITH AN OLD NAME.

WITH AN OLD NAME
o, for -he Park Department has
ia rorx ,s going on in nearly al OF Inc
800. ,a,sure-erounds large and small. some Vi
80 park officials do not hesitate TO say III p'
,b.. the dedication Of the Grant TOMB co''e
tho time IL did serious interference
regular outdoor work OF the Department ai'a ."a
n would have been great conVen,e"e -
...o,,orv could have occurred month carrier oi
month later. . ILL.,, ~. De
49, NOS, important undertaking when the LIE.
nartment now has on hand is the comp.e'ioh ~
riverside Park. AS everybody knows ms -
IA about three miles long. and lies io' INV NO.
mart between the Riverside Drive anu '',e
br, nrohablv few OF those who have walked fla"e"
~ driven from Seventy-second-st nor'h 10 OA"ie
-, rsa,,ze that there hundred acres %
,orL land along the beautiful drive MUG" u =.
canno, be seen from the drive at all 10 we"
nroperly one must be on the water anu l. - -,
,bis thought in mind that the plans lot co'"p-7
10 rlartiry the park have been formed. An APP
rronria,ion OF 600 has been mace Io' inns -
nose and when the scheme Is carIleu ou' w
-. ,rort Of rho cliff will be covered win io"
or,irq bushes shrubs and trees In speaN1s Vi
7his matter with a representative or Inc lt'pune
go dovs ago Park Superintendent samuei fa'
sons said: .,a,, q, o.
.rhs work here is exceptionally dincui' On az
,,r, ~ tho nature OF the soil ana the la &c
IL
1000 o-,b of mould to enable the plantations 10
he stsr.sd right We intend TO plant large NUMBERS
-, native trees and shrubs. such as azaeas, ho'eS
suckIAs Virginia creepers, per'"'hAle' III"
ord other bushes that grow low oog"oooS' e"o"
holls snireas. weigeias, and SO on Inc" ''.''
ore nIans for a number OF buildings III TIE pa
t,v o dozen cottages. dairy, shelter TOT 'ne
no" ,,s,s and other people-and no one can
III bov much they will cost. II the park cos's'
hon CONNECTED 81 10000 II will not be an eH,ra'a
cant outlay There are hundred acres Il. H.
Central Park there are eight huh"reu a. 80 go =.
.,o COG, NJ construction there IS put al s-V"V"V,
paarainp the viaduct to be built over the ae-
rass,on IN Riverside Drive at Ninety-srNh-s,'' "a,
- said that the plans had not been nnisneu'
20. t, matter was under consideration The pro
$500 work was important and would greatly I'M
20 .ha drive Continuing. he spoke OF ~ha' Is
being done in many Of the CITY PARKS
A 1ITTLE-KNowN PARK
-, .,,s, come" said Mr. Parsons. from a
arL tina, many people don't Kno" an! tiiihs aUou'
=, is ar First-aye. and Forty-secono-sI' "nefe
!. " -. two little squares over the tunnel al
tle.e o. rnav have been laid out as parks for
80 ,,roa but have never been improved NOW
80 ,s an appropriation OF 5000 Tor the purpose
AID we are going have them Fenced one Is aoou'
49,, foot square and the other perhaps oNZVo
There Is M sooten OF as Ryan Park because a. man
- that name has been active IN getting 'heh eS
tabllshed. ,,o ras, side in which work Is
o, Ao5 ON Is East River Park between Eighty.
sm~fh and Eighty ninth SITS IL contains ABOUT yen
afterward seven more were ADDED On h bnH norm
and east sides OF the extension We are p quiz
s a wall top o: Which mere w' course Su me s no,
- r,,,ch used as the small parks on the same side
~ the city farther downtown p.r, and ,,,,-
VI ..CorIear.s Hook Park Rutgers PARK ana Null
.ro Ipard park are a great boon 10 the people
around hsn , T6sf Is heS are ~Srn
ne earround the shelter At times this park Is
crowded with people. especially on warm evennss
As it opens directly on me vsrc esb and coo
AIR AIR Mulberry Bend Park. on the other hand Is
aacked ali the time. but especially In the evening
am s,op conditfon Good soil has been put In. The
shelter is Just finished, and presume mere VIII De
must, furnished there before ,ons, rpur q R
great feature OF Mulberry Bend Is the NUMBER OF
ssa,,ses They have been placed wherever Il was
possible to place one is actually larger number Of
sattees in Corlear's Hook. but that park Is three
times as large one having about three acres and
the other eight OF ten
ST. JOHNS PARK ONCE MORE.
"or the other side Of the city there Is going TO
IA a new mark laid out the site OF old St. Johns
h,,r,,,y ground II Will be called st. Johns Park
r,us NE will have another park OF that name. 1t Is
grsa, p,,y that the first ST. Johns Park was ever
.o,d 70 the Hudson River Railroad Company for a
ate for It's freight station II is strange Indeed.
,ha, so snort-sighted policy could have been pur-
Certninly that park should have been kept FOR on
the West SIde there Is nothing OF Importance In the
way Of parks between the Battery and Riverside
snre hut II is in dusty and exposed place. and 4
Il hard 10 make much ouA Of It. The new park WIZ