Glen Ridge : the preservation of its natural beauty and its improvement as a place of residence . len Ridges bestsingle claim to distinction and its beauty should bepreserved inviolate; not only preserved, but the future of this Avenue and the demandsthat will unquestionably be made upon it, may it notbe well to widen it, where possible, from eighty to onehundred feet (certainly north of Bay Street), continu-ing it appropriately at both ends of the Town, as indi-cated on the map herewith, and so make it a part ofthe proposed Montclair-Glen Ridge Circuit Drive?The main part of
Glen Ridge : the preservation of its natural beauty and its improvement as a place of residence . len Ridges bestsingle claim to distinction and its beauty should bepreserved inviolate; not only preserved, but the future of this Avenue and the demandsthat will unquestionably be made upon it, may it notbe well to widen it, where possible, from eighty to onehundred feet (certainly north of Bay Street), continu-ing it appropriately at both ends of the Town, as indi-cated on the map herewith, and so make it a part ofthe proposed Montclair-Glen Ridge Circuit Drive?The main part of this drive exists already. On thewest in Montclair there is Upper Mountain Avenue,which can be connected at Van Vleck. Street with SouthMountain Avenue, and on the east Ridgewood Avenuein Glen Ridge. By making connections at the northand south ends, as suggested, a continuous parkwayor drive twelve miles in length would be established,accessible from every section of both Glen Ridge andMontclair. The existing parts of this proposed CircuitDrive are of unusual beauty, seldom equalled, indeed,. Nine Yeabs Ago this Spot was Treeless and Shrtjbless .k ?Bit*^ ^^M^^^ ^SMI ^ 41 Hk* 1 ^ ^ ./f . >^| 0 n r_- j^ggH 1^^ ^ ^ Glen Ridge Golf Club Links GLEN RIDGE 20 in American suburban towns. The new parts shouldeven surpass those already existing; they might withpropriety be conceived as parkways rather than Circuit Drive, as a whole, should be perfectedin paving, planting and distinctive street fixtures, andshould have a bridle path as well as a drive and a foot-walk. It is also very desirable that agreeable and con-venient connections be made between Eagle RockReservation and the Watsessing, Bloomfield andBranch Brook Parks. The reports of the EssexCounty Park Commission endorse in an unmistakableand whole-hearted way the complete and serviceablesystem of Parkways and connections recommended byits expert advisers. To unify the various features(Neighborhood Parks, Branch
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