New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-04
4 HIGHW4Y MEMORIAL

We may call it highway memorial or a me-
mortal highway, as we please. Either phrase
is fitting The exact name does not matter.
The thing itself makes a peculiarly engaging
appeal at once to sentiment, to imagination,
and TO the most practical considerations OF
utility. We refer TO the suggestion made on
Wednesday by Chancellor MacCracken at the
services in memory Of Andrew IL. Green, that
the landward boundary Of this city, from the
Hudson 10 the Sound and from the Sound to
the sea, should be marked with broad park
way, as a perpetual memorial OF Mr.. Green ana
Of the creation of the Greater New-York' to
which he so abundantly and effectively contrib
uted.
Some OF the arguments in favor or sucn
work were eloquenty and convincingly set
forth by DR.. MacCracken. 1t will scarcely be
disputed that the consolidation Of various cities
and towns into the second largest city OF the
world was an event worthy Of commemoratlon
with some material monument. Neither will 1t
be disputed that Andrew H. Green's public ser
vices entitle him to some such memorial Nor
yet is it to be denied that his preeminent identi-
fication with municipal consolidation would
make 1t fitting TO combine the two In one.
There would be- also. an especial fitness In
lust such q memorial as this. So far as the city
Is concerned, It could have no more appropriate
memorial than one which should IN so impress
sive and unmistaka BILE n manner denote the
vast extent of its area. There may be other re-
ninders of its greatness in other directions, Of
its industrial commercial, intellectual and ar
tistic greatness: but its greatness In material
size is best to be indicated by suitable mark
ings of its boundaries, and there can be no such
marking at once so obvious, so impressive, 80
effective and so attractive as a broad, park
bordered highway. Considering, moreover, MT
Green's interest In and labors for our park sys-
TEN. such a parkway would be IN double
sense an appropriate memorial Of him.
From the point of view of practical utility,
such 4 work would have much to commend It
We are not likely ever to have too many drive
WAYS in and about this city One splendid drive
is being constructed along the shore OF the Huo-
son, and will presently be completed from Sew
enty-second-st almost TO Spuyten Duyvil Creek
We have already and repeatedly suggested that
it should be continued northward unbroken. to
the city line. 1t would be a superb plan TO have
il connect at Mount St Vincent with the road
suggested by Or. NIacCracken. running from the
Hudson eastward skirting the northern end Of
Van Cortlandt Park. crossing the valley of The
Bronx, and so skirting the confines OF Pelham
Bay Park until It reached the shore OF the
Sound Equally desirable would IL be TO have
such a road crossing Long Island, from Little
Neck. past CreedmOor and Floral Park and
Rosedale and Cedarhurst and Far Rockaway,
20 the beach east of Wave Crest and Edge
mere, intersecting on the way the Jericho Turn
pike. the Merrick Road and the other fine high
ways Of that region.
The more this project is considered. we be
lleve the more attractive and commendable 1t
will appear