Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-28
D. c. RIVERSIDE DRIVE
IN GREAT FALLS PLAN
Movement Toward 20,OOO-Acre
Preserve in Keeping With
That of Other Cities.

Plans for 20, 000-acre park along
the Potomac to Great Fails. if adopted,
would be right in line with the way
other cities are making over their
front yards" Plans for the establish
ment of a national riverside park, along
both sides of the Potomac. from Wash
ington to Great Falls, have been SUBJ
mitted to the water power commission
in connection with the hearings on the
development of water power, by A. b.
! Casselman of 3519 Lowell street north
west. Under the plans submitted. the
park would occupy approximately co.
900 acres.
Twenty years ago autos were barred
from Central Park in New York city.
but things have changed somewhat since
that time. says the American Forestry
Association, which is campaigning for
roads of remembrance" which is the
roadside planting of memorial trees in
honor of the country's sailors and SOL
Towns and Cities Made Over.
Towns and cities are being made over
as the result of the campaign of the
American Forestry Associati ton for me-
mortal tree planting and for roads of
remembrance" There is New Jersey,
for example. Alfred Gaskill. the state
forester, comes forward with the sug
geStion that a memorial forest park at
kittatinny mountain be the states trib-
ute to her heroes: AT Hamilton, Ohio. a
great plan is under way for making
! over the city which hitherto has never
had anything but her back doors facing
the Miami river. Now Hamilton pro-
poses to turn herself around and face
the river with a boulevard, in the
scheme of which shall be memorial tree
planting.
In Brooklyn there is discussion of a
memorial boulevard Oh a most preten-
tious scale. In Manhattan the memorial
idea centers around great memorial
bridge across the Hudson into New Jer-
sey. Here offers fine opportunity for
both sides of the river to plant memo
rial trees along the approaches to such
a structure.
Hopes for Hamilton, Ohio.
In a statement in American Forestry
iC. T. Greer of Hamilton Ohio. sets
forth the hopes of that city in its
plans for city beautiful. His state
ment says: "A series of related river
front improvements are in progress
in Hamilton, which, it is believed, viii
ultimately give to the city the most
distinctive, useful and adjoining de-
velopment to be found in any of the
smaller American cities. The present
population is above 10000, but the ac-
cession of large industrial concerns
assures immediate growth and has en-
couraged the citizens and public Off
Gals to undertake improvements that
will make the city worthy of its
metropolitan aspirations. The great
Miami river traverses Hamilton from
north to south. a distance of nearly
four miles. The site of the town is
naturally attractive-an extensive
level valley, thanked on all sides by
wooded hills over which the city is
slowly expanding. AS in most indus
trial towns the river front has been
an eyesore. Industries back up to it
and in many cases encroach upon
the channel. There was hardly 6
front door on the whole river bank
and strictly utilitarian population
for generations regarded the river as
natural dump"