The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-10-10

| ance or perhaps hardship be devoted
| largely to pleasure driving, although
! its direction and the private improve
ment along the sides warrant its
finish In the very best possible man
| neF.
In the plating of the great easterly
| section Of the city you have been for
/ tunate In the liberality OF dedication
| of number Of good sized squares for
local parks, and as the residence sec
| lions Immediately around these prop
critics develop IL will certainly De
worth your while to make consistent
improvements on each OF these, and
give to the surrounding resident pop
ulation the comfort and pleasure that
such properties make possible.
Western Section.
The clustering Of these properties
in the eastern section. however, i'm
mediately makes apparent the need Of
similar properties in the westerly dis
tricts. While you cannot be expected
to obtain as many on the west, yet
believe those shown will serve IN
their particular regions until Pensa-
cola feels itself able to apply suffi-
cient funds to the purchase OF more
of these properties, and as each resi-
dence district becomes more crowded
you will find a stronger demand for
some one block or two in addition to
those shown. It might be we'll 10
secure such properties in the imme-
date future and leave their improve
ment for a considerably later time.
In Bayview Park you have one OF
the larger properties. several of which
the city should in time possess No
attempt has been made to indicate
possible future properties OF larger
area, and in fact with the occupancy
of the water front in both bayous and
with their natural control Of the en-
tire water surface as beautiful park
area, other much larger park property
becomes less necessary for Pensacola
However, a study of the city itself
and a glance at the general plan
shows the total absence of use for
pleasure purposes or embellishments
Of any portion of the bay front. Thls
| is really unfortunate. Except for the
suggested pleasure pier at the foot Oh
| Florida Blanca street. there Is no
opeufng on the water front to Whlch
your public as such has access Very
| fully approaching the necessity OF
| first considering the commerclal ana
| Industrial factors Of the city's lie, anu
of course included IN that is the mat
ter OF transportation. il would really
|
small norton at least of the mont
close to town. and one or two blocks
/ giving free public access to the Wa
| ter's edge and establishing such
spots as resting places downtown III
addition TO the squares in the interior
already established and really very
nicely improved. Approaching the
necessity for preserving ample dock
| frontage. il would seem that the en-
| tire water front is not absolutely es
sentiaI for these uses, and assureoiS
1-o,,T. nublIc is entitled to more dt-
rect use of your best asset the SAT-
| water shore.
In this study there has been no at
! tempt to suggest spots to be used or
| their manner of improvement. If you
! will carry forward at a consistent
rate those developments herein sug
| gested, you will have accomplished a
very considerable additional value to
your city's comfort and good appear
ance, and emphasizing what you ought
| to make OF a city, pleasant place OF
| resort for a large territory within
/ easy reach OF Pensacola, and there is
no reason why, with your harbor and
| all its facilities and possibilities for
| pleasure resort and the varied tOpOg-
raphy Of the city, you should not Sc
1 cure to yourself very much greater
proportion of the tourist travel along
| the gulf None of this will be at
| tracted. however. unless considerable
| effort is made. further than that OF
| Palafox street improvement alone, in
| the direction Of attractive good ap-
/ pearance.
PaIafox Parkway.
The development of your paving
! improvements, which became the in
| centive toward the fine Improvement
| of Palafox and other streets is q most
| excellent beginning toward the gen
eral aim OF municipal improvement
and the Importance of the very best
possible work along that particular
stretch of Palafox street cannot be
| ever estimated.
The detail plan Of subdivision and
improvement OF Palafox street clearly
illustrates the suggestions for its I'm
provement- OF course the particular
/ point is to secure compact areas not
| only for the business frontage but fOI
! the vehicle and pedestrian travel, al
! separated from each other and givin
| opportunity for their distinctive uses
/ The general subdivision is based upon
| Is feet OF sidewalk space from prop