. Improvement of Fort Wayne Indiana; report for Fort Wayne Civic Improvement Association . venue, between the present park limits andthe projected boulevard, the whole course, from ColumbiaStreet bridge to the wide boulevard, will lie through parklands. Concrete plans for Lakeside Park will of course includebathing facilities. My opinion has been asked regarding the park availabilityin this connection of the Driving Park tract. With the de-velopment of Lakeside, and the extension and replanting ofLawton—which seems to me a great deal more important thanthe acquisition of new and independent ar


. Improvement of Fort Wayne Indiana; report for Fort Wayne Civic Improvement Association . venue, between the present park limits andthe projected boulevard, the whole course, from ColumbiaStreet bridge to the wide boulevard, will lie through parklands. Concrete plans for Lakeside Park will of course includebathing facilities. My opinion has been asked regarding the park availabilityin this connection of the Driving Park tract. With the de-velopment of Lakeside, and the extension and replanting ofLawton—which seems to me a great deal more important thanthe acquisition of new and independent areas—this section ofthe city would have such admirable park provision that therewould be no real need of an expenditure for additional course a gift of the tract might, on the other hand, begratefully accepted, as providing for a future when streets andhomes are likely to fill the field now north of it. The vacantground inside the track might be put to use as golf links, butthat development could perhaps be arranged while the park 84 Fort Wayne Civic Improvement Association. Fort Wayne Civic Improvement Association 85


Size: 1300px × 1922px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidi, booksubjectcityplanning