Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-31
REPORTSHOWS
DEVELOPING
OF PARK PLAN
Park Board Acquires
Land Valued at
1929, 200.
PLANS NEW POOLS
Municipal Bathing
Beach Patronized
by ThrOngs.

CAGAE n - - -
by ThrOngs.
Broad development Of the park and
playground extension schemes was
the outstanding feature OF the work
Of the city park department during
1921. Ten pieces of property, rang
ing from one-fourth acre to ninety
six acres in size. containing q total
OF 243 acres, were acquired by gift
or purchase at a total cost of
$2ss,70O.
n addition. the beard OF park com
natssioners and James II. Lowry, super
intendent OF parks. worked out plans
part Of which were realized fer giving
Indianapolis one OF the greatest systems
OF municipal swimming pools and bath
ing beaches in the nation. Preparation
OF plans for creation OF modern rec
reation plants st Rhodius and Brookside
parks we're other high lights IN the
years work.
RECORD SHOWS
DEPARTMENT PROGRESS.
The big acquisition record takes its
place with the development Of the rec
reatiUn department as separate branch
of municipal government, thc establish
uent OF z central storehouse and Operat-
ing plant for the park department at
Brookside park, the establishment OF the
special service department and the
playground and swimming pool surveys
as the outstanding achievements Of the
park department under Mayor Jewett-
The pieces OF land acquired this year
are as follows.
Disette and Shearer property, ninety
six acres lying north OF Pleasant Run
and east % Arlington avenue, including q
large house and garage and TWO four
inch, motor-operated wells. the whole
suitable for immediate development into
an eighteen hole golf curse anC uit--
mate Transformation into & modern parF
for Tryington, costing $4,000.
TRACT EMBRACES
SIXTY ACRES.
Douglass Park, sixty acres AZ Twenty
Fifth street and Hartindale avenue. de
veloped this yesr with SIX tennis courts,
two baseball diamonds. one football field.
.shrubbery. three horseshoe courts. three
pumps, picnic tables, benches and 4 com
plets lighting system, intended primarily
for the negro population, costing approx
rlateIy $4,000.
Margaret J Chritian Park. sl1sy-four
acres, lying along Pleasant Run, east Of
Sherman Irive. with a 3.S50-foOt frontage
o. English avenue, forty acres OF which
were rhe gift OF Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer J.
Christian. ard the remainder purchased
for So 900. Development OF this prop
erty has been started.
Chris amore Settlement house, AZ Nine
Eno-~1 and Co1uu0IFz far
Use as q community cen-er. costing
$1,000
NORTHWESrEBS PARK
COST SIS. 600.
Northwestern Park, twelve acres. ~
Sorthwester avenue ana Twenty-Fourth
street, for development tnto q small park
and play ground costing SIS. coo.
Playground for School No. q, Kansas
and Meridian streets. one-haH block,
costing $4,000.
School playground at Forty-seventh
street and Park avenue, named George
Iemaux playground In honor OF the late
president Of the board OF public works,
costing So $50.
Playground Tor School No. IS. with 100
foot frontae or Capito' venue near
FAN Creek costing 5000.
Small tract at corner OF Fail Greek
fTo5+lezz-d and Central avenue % widen
approach int, boulevard, costing S1.7JJ
Wright property, seven acres at Pleas
ant run and East Washington street, for
entr7nce OF Pleasant run boulevard into
WASN'T rtoD Ctreet from the south, cost
ing S15.0CJ
In addition % these tia park board
has started proceedings for the scQuisi-
ton OF the(fouowinS:
Playground a. SPann and State
avenues
BOULEVARD Is
EXTENDED.
Pleasant Run boulevard extension
west Of Meridian street and north of
Pleasant Run nine acres appraised at
$500
playground pIof al Michigan street
and King avenue, 672 foot frontage on
Michigan street and 100 feet deep, es-
timated 20 cost S23.500
Flack property Tor playground ada
cent 70 school building at Mount aud
Washington streets.
Lauter Memorial house. for community
center. at Market and Greeley streets, es-
timated 20 cost SD 600.
School playground az Oxford and Rural
streets, Eve lots estimated 30 cost $4,000.
Playground for school at Sugar Grove
avenue and Twenty First street
Playground for negro children ad-
iacent to public school az Walnut ana
Agnes streets.
ConvaIescent park 70 serve Riley
Memorial. City and Robert Long Hos
pitals. bounded by the city hospital
Locke, North and wilson streets. ap-
praised at $4,000
Extension OF Pleasant Run boulevard
from Shelby street to washington street,
preliminary hearing 20 be held In
January.
SWIMMING POOL
AT WILLARD PARK
Tho department. construction work IN
1921 embraced the willard PARK swim
rnin< pool for $4,000; Garfield park
shelter house. S65.OO0; bridge over
Pleasant Run east OF Ritter avenue for
$4,000. and storage building at
Brookside park for 5000.
Boulevard lighting was extended as
follows;
am Creek and Bursdau parkway
from Northwestern avenue to Parkway
avenue, Capitol avenue from Fall Creek
to Sixteenth street CThe board of pub
bic works continued the lighting from
Sixteenth street 10 Indiana avenue
Pleasant Run Parkway. north drive
from Emerson to Ritter avenues; Pleas
ant Run Parkway, south drive, from
Raymond to Beecher streets and Merid-
ian street from Forty-Third to Fifty
Fourth streets.
MERIDIAN STREET
MADE BOULEVARD.
Meridian street from Fan Creek to the
canal was taken over ss boulevard
during the administr alton as was West
RiH Tvfva from h