Review of reviews and world's work . vel Creek and for the location of 2n THE REyiEW OF REVIEWS. bridges across them, to establish bulkhead lines onthe North Eiwr above Fifty-fifth Street, and to layout that part of Manhattan Island west of EighthAvenue and south of One Hundred and Fifty-fifthStreet. On all these subjects IMr. Green made ex-haustive reports which were recognized as authori-tative ; and these have afforded the basis upon whichthe great northward development of the city has pro-ceeded. His regard for every public greensward assacred ground to be reserved for the use of the peopl
Review of reviews and world's work . vel Creek and for the location of 2n THE REyiEW OF REVIEWS. bridges across them, to establish bulkhead lines onthe North Eiwr above Fifty-fifth Street, and to layout that part of Manhattan Island west of EighthAvenue and south of One Hundred and Fifty-fifthStreet. On all these subjects IMr. Green made ex-haustive reports which were recognized as authori-tative ; and these have afforded the basis upon whichthe great northward development of the city has pro-ceeded. His regard for every public greensward assacred ground to be reserved for the use of the peopleearned for him the title of Father of the Parks ofNew York. Among the more important works that IMr. Greenhas either originated or promoted are the River-side and Morniugside parks, the East River Bridge,the Washington Bridge, the new aqueduct, theNiagara Park, and the new parks in WestchesterCounts-. He has strongly advocated the bridgeacrossthe Hudson River, and is chairman of theState commission appointed to fix its location and. prepare its plans. He has recently revived hisrecommendation made many years ago for a IortWashington Park, and the city authorities haveapproved the project. Perhaps the most memorableservices Mr. Green has ever rendered to the city ofNew York were those performed by him duringnearly six vears in which he held the office of citycomptroller It was he who bore the the brunt ofthe fi^ht against the enti-enched municipal ring ot1870 Ind brought system out of the chaotic condi-tionof the citys finances. Mr. Green was one of the most intimate associates of the late Samuel , and one of the executors of the will underwhich Mr. Tilden had intended to bestow upon thepeople of New York a great free library. Such isthe man—thoroughly conversant with every argu- •ment for and against the project, of the ripest energyand experience, and of the most unquestioned andabsolute probity—who is the leading advocate of aconsolidation of the parts of the G
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