The report of the New York City Improvement Commission to ..George BMcClellan, mayor ..and to the Board of aldermen ..MCMVII . proposed Parks. ^ t THE connection of the three bridges^ both in Brooklyn andg Manhattan, is here shown. The Bridge Plaza, where thepresent Brooklyn Bridge approach, prolonged, meets theapproach to the Manhattan Bridge fofilities the distributionof traffic. Fourth Avenue prolongedas shown connects both thesebridges to the Williamsburgh Bridge, while other street openingsin Brooklyn in connection with these improvements are a new di-agonal street from the Bridge Plaza t
The report of the New York City Improvement Commission to ..George BMcClellan, mayor ..and to the Board of aldermen ..MCMVII . proposed Parks. ^ t THE connection of the three bridges^ both in Brooklyn andg Manhattan, is here shown. The Bridge Plaza, where thepresent Brooklyn Bridge approach, prolonged, meets theapproach to the Manhattan Bridge fofilities the distributionof traffic. Fourth Avenue prolongedas shown connects both thesebridges to the Williamsburgh Bridge, while other street openingsin Brooklyn in connection with these improvements are a new di-agonal street from the Bridge Plaza to the Navy Yard, new diagonalstreet from the Bridge Plaza to Court Street, diagonal street fromthe Bridge Plaza to Myrtle Avenue, and the cutting through ofBridge Street to Fourth Avenue at its intersection with Union Manhattan, Delancy Street has been extended until it meets a newdiagonal street from the Manhattan end of the Manhattan Bridge,as shown. Seventh Avenue has been extended south. Sixth Avenuehas been extended south, both as shown. Varick Street has beenwidened and prolonged, also Christopher DETAIL MAP OF BROOKLYN AND LOWER MANHATTAN KEY White imlioates new Streets, Avenues,Ligjht Cireen indicates present ParksDark CSreen indicates proposed Parks PLATE XXII. THE BRIDGE PLAZA, BROOKLYN. ^ M fHIS is designed to give to Brooklyn a fitting entrance andg facilitate the distribution of traffic. The new streets radiat-ing from the Bridge Plaza, together with those already exist-ing, will make it a great distributing center, from which can hedirectly reached the Navy Yard, the Borough Buildings, the out-lying portions of the Borough and its park system, as well as theneighboring Borough of Queens. ,
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