The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-10-10
Geo. w. Kessler Submits His
Report to Civic League
a City Plan.
ENGAGED BY LEAGUE
AND CITY COUNCIL
LANDSCAPE ARTIST OUTLINES
BEAUTIFUL PARK AND 6oULE-
WARD SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES
WATER FRONT DRIVES AND ADJ
OPTIONAL PLAY GROUNDS
PALAFoX PARKWAY A FEATURE

The Civic League has received the
report from Geo. ". Kessler on the
city street and park plan which the
League and the city council engaged
Mr.. Kessler to draw up. and this re-
port. with map, The Journal publishes
as follows:
General Report.
The accompanying general plan and
the detail drawings for a park and
boulevard development in Pensacola
illustrate a thoroughly feasible and
sufficiently complete scheme or en-
bellishment that seems thoroughly
warranted and certainly essential.
Reference TO the general plan makes
evident that the final most Important
scheme OF boulevard connections and
encircling of the city may be carried
put without physical difficulties, ana
while the principal waterfront is ap-
parently out OF the question, there is
, considerable very picturesque line
Of possible water front development
along both bayous that viii do much
TO compensate for the loss OF that I'M
mediately on the city's front.
The natural beginning for all i'm
movements in Pensacola is on Pala-
tox street, and in fact in the central
section of the city. The reach on
Palafox north to Wright requires spe-
sial consideration,
AS a fine means of communication
around the city it would be necessary
10 use Gregory street eastward from
Palafox Parkway, and directly on that
street reaching the point OF land at
the mouth Of Bayou Texar- At this
point you have one OF your best water
front views on comparatively high
Eround overlooking q great stretch OF
water and fairly close In town, Ger
kainly in direct touch with your good
residence districts and the property
apparently not essential for use Tor
commercial or industrial purposes.
Immediately to the north OF II ana
loross the Louisville & Nashville
tracks is Havana Square, and the TWO
properties together, even though sep
arated by the. railway, will make an
exceedingly valuable park develop
ment locally, as well as Of very con-
siderable general value. Thence IN
an encireling scheme II Is very reast-
BILE TO carry q driveway and fringe
of park upon the westerly shore OF
Bayou Texar throughout It's entire
distance along the plated area OF the
city to the north. 1t would be very
great misfortune for the present, par
ance OF Pensacola If you do not make
use of the opportunity for this drive
way and parkway improvement along
these two water front lines, TsXar
and Chico, and especially IN the FOR
Ener making such q fine connection
with Bayview Park. Pine avenue
supplements this route, reaching d.
rectly north from Bayview Park ana
making possible the return from the
northern end of the Bayou Texar
Parkway. Thence from BayvleW PerR
west on Sierra street, and passing rs
tramadura Park and Fat~nie Hill
Place on a reach that admits o.
double roadway system at least as far
as Eighth street, and thence WeS1-
ward along Sierra in single road
way improvement approximately 10
Reus street thence Westwardly 1ndl-
Gated on Calhoun street. But OF
course II another or parallel street
offers better possible response IN the
private development or more prompt
Improvement on the part Of property
owners, there is no reason why an.
other street, which would adapt itself
more readily to this Improvement
locally, should not be used as an al
tentative. This encircling boulevard
could extend to First avenue, or pos
sIbly Second avenue should be used,
a mark should be placed approximate
lv as shown on this general drawing,
aud the boulevard run westerly to
the bridge and across Bayou CHICO,
thereby connecting with the MAN
highway along the bay front, sec
ondary loop being made by running
west along Thirteenth street TO rs
nearest connection with the shore line
OF Bayou Chico and there keeping the
entire shore line and ample room for
o park frontage along its entire length
20 the county bridge, returning srom
that point, the southerly and easterly
end OF Bayou Chico Parkway. on the
diagonal boulevard already dedicated
through the MaXent tract along Bar
Tancas street to Garden street, which
viii make the principal thoroughfare
eastwardly and into the wider sec
tions OF Garden street, returning into
Palafox and the business section OF
the city. It will also certainly be
well worth while to project the mar
POWER portion of Garden street from
BarrancaS and d streets directly into
First Avenue and there with the main
line OF the general circuit.
Garden Street.
On Garden street east of Palafox
the same improvements would natur-
ally prevail TO Alcaniz. On Alcaniz
street Il would be difficult to do much
e1ore than that indicated on the gen
aral and detailed drawings for the
central portion OF town. description Of
which follows. The general plan
shows also the use Of PalafoX street
north from Wright to Sierra Neces-
esrily this becomes. while a main
thoroughfare. still not principal one
OF the pleasure drives OF this proposed
system, inasmuch as Il is IN part oc-
eupied by the street railway, and
being a principal traflo thorOughfare,
may not without considerable resist