East Boston: a survey and a comprehensive plan . FIG. 37.—PLAN FOR DAY AND EAGLE SQUARES AND ADJACENT STREETS. reasonably be made to provide for a street and a recreationpier. The present route of the North Ferry is not farremoved from that of the South Ferry and it is quite pos-sible that in connection with such an improvement at Cen-tral square the North Ferry might logically be combinedwith the Chelsea Ferry, which is now somewhat embar-rassed financially, and that a new and better line couldbe established to take the place of both to run from theHanover street landing in Boston to Central
East Boston: a survey and a comprehensive plan . FIG. 37.—PLAN FOR DAY AND EAGLE SQUARES AND ADJACENT STREETS. reasonably be made to provide for a street and a recreationpier. The present route of the North Ferry is not farremoved from that of the South Ferry and it is quite pos-sible that in connection with such an improvement at Cen-tral square the North Ferry might logically be combinedwith the Chelsea Ferry, which is now somewhat embar-rassed financially, and that a new and better line couldbe established to take the place of both to run from theHanover street landing in Boston to Central square inEast Boston. Development of East Boston. 105 10.—DAY SQUARE AND EAGLE SQUAREIMPROVEMENTS. There is now at and near Day square, Eagle square andNeptune road a most incongruous and uninteresting collec-tion of unrelated street ends, street intersections and publicopen spaces. The present plan is the result of the meetingof two distinct rectangular systems of streets with littleattempt at adjustment, and with a railroad cut through it. FIG. 38.—EAGLE SQUARE, NORTH FROM CHELSEA open space that could be made a park triangle. that has necessitated rising grades and rendered the dis-trict still less satisfactory. These street intersections forman important center that has already resulted in a rise invalue of lands and bids fair to increase in importance. Aplan for still better public development and more completeseparation of the lines of travel should be devised beforefurther improvements interfere. A study for such a revision has been made, with the sug-gestion that Day square be still further widened on thesoutheast side and that the south end of Chelsea and east 106 City Planning Board. end of Bennington street be made a separate street fromthe west end of Bennington and north end of Chelseastreet. Neptune road should, also be extended throughto Eagle square. Bremen street should be closed betweenBennington and Saratoga streets and a new street shoul
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