Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01

tainly at its northeast corner by space
large enough to make this the main en-
/ trance to the park.
| Sunset boulevard desirable location
and its breadth of 100 feet invite a use
OF short stretches of it as boulevard con-
aections. In the city limits the principal
stretch to be so used is from Figueroa
street to an Echo park entrance.
Elyslan, the Peoples Park
The construction Of good approaches 70
Eiysian park will very greatly Increase
the parks popularity and usefulness, 5ut
such change is even more needed along
| purely democratic lines.
The park should be, as In fact 1t is, the
one great peoples park of Los Angeles,
and should be utilized and enjoyed to the
full. 1t ought to be the popular place for
| picnics.
Occidental, or one of the rival roadways
| just cast of it, ought certainly to be con-
tinued through to Temple street In spite
| Of its flowers and its width of 120 feet
! there will never be much point to IT, nor
justification for the name boulevard. until
| 1t is cut through and given adequate con-
| nections.
| A longer circuit will take one from
| E!ysian park to Griffith park and thence
| lack by the Silver Lake reservoir to Sum
| set boulevard and Echo park, and a longer
circuit still would lead one from Griffith
park to Vermont avenue, and so directly
| SOutn 10 Agricultural park. 1t is clear
| that in either case the connection be-
tween Elyslan and Griffith parks is irA-
portant, as the drive uniting the Two
| largest parks would in any event be.
To Griffith Park
| Los Feliz road is the easiest and most
| natural connection. Following the gen
| eral course of the river 1t takes the .ow
lands. but offers noble view of the
| mountains For the entire distance, from
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| parkway.
| While the Los Feliz road is much the
| easiest from Elysian park to Griffith
| park, connection of extraordinary
grandeur can be secured by taking high
level drive along the top of the hills until
the valley of Silver Lake reservoir is
reached. This would make a magnificent
scenic route, well worth the city's de-
velopment In connection with the parks.
| From Elysan park such a drive would
wind down through the ravine north of
| Cerro Gordo to Avon street. Thence it
would get over to Landa street, which is
| virtually a continuation of Echo Park
| road. and twist arounu the north side of
the hill opening superb views, and by a
| high rustic viaduct crors the valley and
| Glendale railroad to the saddle between
| the wooded hills to the west. From there
| 1t would pass down to the reservoir site.
| AS the city possesses 160 acres here, of
will naturally be parked in time and
! would make in itself a sufficient goal.
To Pasadena
From the administrative center at
| Temple and New High streets, by the
park road into which New High is thence
| tn be converted; or from the Plaza, by
| the widened Sunset boulevard taking its
| start at the old mission and passing
| under the proposed El Canine Real arch.
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| to swing around the base of the north
| slope of Fort Hill. The hillside will have
been made into park. and from the out
| look point at the terminus of Hill street,
| on the summit of the bluff, there will be a
| fine view of CASTELAR, street, which from
| Surset boulevard stretches to the north.
Because manufacturing has already got
| into Buena Vista street north of Sunset
| and the thoroughfare seems past redeem
| ing for a boulevard, while Castelar, is
broad, free of car tracks and easily i'm
| proved, I have selected the latter as the
boulevard route to the north.
AS this route direct to E,ysian park,
| to the San Fernando valley, to the Arroyo
Seco and to Pasadena is destined to carry
| q heavy pleasure traffic it is worth doing
| q good deal for.
| Lying through Sonoratown the improve
ments along it are not without interest
now, but as they would probably pass
with the boulevard development of the
| street the latter may al well be widenod
at once to 100 feet or more and, with a
central strip planted in palms, made
| striking stretch of boulevard.
| Plans have been already matured for
! the widening of Buena Vista street by
| twenty feet, and for the removal of the
ugly brown fence on its east side. When
| this is taken down there should be sub
| stituted for 1t a low parapet which will
| open the view of the railroads yards.
which by day are always interesting and
| at night are beautiful with jeweled stud
| ding of lights.
Avoiding the awkwardsturn at the FIRE.
mont gate to Eysian park, it is planned
that the new viaduct shall carry the
street in a straight line over the railroad
| tracks and across the river. where, swing
| ing to right and left, 1t will reach Downey
| and Pasadena avenues,
Because the railroad objects to allowing
space in it's yards for piers 1t is proposed
| at that part of the viaduct to depart from
the concrete arch type, which is to be the
| style of the bridge in its other portions
| and to give 1t overhead steel braces. This
will very greatly diminish the whole
effect; it will change stunning improve
ment to a commonplace one
| My idea of the Arroyo Seco drive is
comparatively narrow road, with many
| sycamores and live oaks along its course:
| that 1t shall wind around trees and boul-
| forest road of the east; that directness
and breath shall be avoided rather than
sought, for here people should drive not
10 gain time but pleasantly to spend 1t,
and all the hurry of the world should be
rut away.
There is, I know, a strong and justi-
fable desire for a broad and handsome
boulevard between Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena. But 1 am sure that it should not
be put through the Arroyo.
| On the one side the Huntington boule-
rard will partly care for such travel,
md on the other a very beautiful scenic
boulevard can be laid out on the line OF
| the road which, turning off of San Fer
nando road follows the electric railway
line to Colorado street, in Eagle Heights
| This opens a Swisslike view of surprising
beauty. From the terminus of the car
line where the carriage road now climbs
the hill to pass Eagle Rock, it could-l
| should judgebe taken at easy grade
through the beautiful wooded canyon at