Boston illustrated; . very start hy the sales of land. It was originally intended that 48 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. there should be in the district filled by the State a sheet of water, to be calledSilver Lake, but the idea was subsequently abandoned. A very wide avenuewas, however, laid out through it, to be in the nature of a park, and the planhas been successfully developed. When completed. Commonwealth Avenuewill be a mile and a half in length, with a width of two hundred and forty feetbetween the houses on each side. Through the centre runs the long park inwhich rows of trees have been planted,
Boston illustrated; . very start hy the sales of land. It was originally intended that 48 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. there should be in the district filled by the State a sheet of water, to be calledSilver Lake, but the idea was subsequently abandoned. A very wide avenuewas, however, laid out through it, to be in the nature of a park, and the planhas been successfully developed. When completed. Commonwealth Avenuewill be a mile and a half in length, with a width of two hundred and forty feetbetween the houses on each side. Through the centre runs the long park inwhich rows of trees have been planted, and these will, in time, make this avenueone of the most attractive in the country. There are wide driveways on eitherside ; and the terms of sale compel the maintenance of an open space betweeneach house and the ample sidewalks. In the centre of the park, near Arling-ton Street, stands the granite statue of Alexander Hamilton, by Dr. WilliamRimmer, presented to the city in 1865 by Thomas Lee, Esq., who subsequently. Commonwealth Avenue. erected, at his own expense, the Ether Monument in the Public Garden,before mentioned ; and further down the walk, near Clarendon Street, is thelarge bronze statue of General John Glover, the commander of the Marbleheadmarine regiment in the Continental Army. This statue was designed by Mar-tin Milmore and presented to the city by Mr. B. T. Reed, in 1875. Oppositethe Vendome is the bronze statue of Wm. Lloyd Garrison, designed by Olin of New York. It was placed here in 1886. The funds for its erectionwere raised by popular subscription. The nomenclature of the streets in thisterritory is ingenious, and far preferable to the lettering and numbering adoptedin other cities. To the north of Commonwealth Avenue is Marlborough Street,and to the south Newbury Street, which names were formerly applied to partsof Washington Street before it was consolidated. The streets running northand south are named alphabetically, alternating three syllabl
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