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ised to he completed 1887.—Laws of N. Y.,
1887, Chap. 575. Shown in Leslie's Weekly
(1889), LXIX: 153.

Mount Morris Park.                                       1719

Site; Bounded by Mt, Morris Ave., Madison
Ave., i3oth to 124th St. Projected 1835 {Pro.
Bds. Aid. and Assts., 111:96, 162); estab. 1836
(ibid., IV; 95; Laws N. Y., 1836, Chap. 280);
land acquired by condemnation 1839 (Record of
Real Estate, by Prendergast, 51}; opened 1840
(20th Ann. Rep., Am. Seen, and Hist. Pres. Soc,
194 et seq.); to be completed 1887.—Laws of N.
Y., 1887, Chap. S7S.

Mulberry Bend Park (now Columbus Park), 165
Site; Bounded bj; Bayard, Baxter, Mulberry and
Park Sts. Commission appointed 1888; buildings
demohshed bet. 1888 and 1893; park accepted by
Dept. of Parks 1894.—TV. Y. Times, Jan. 28, 1917.
Name changed to Columbus Park 1911.—17th
Ann. Rep., Am. Seen, and Hist. Pres. Soc, 177.
Shown in Architectural Record, 1903, Vol. XIV: 55.

Observatory Place. 1501, 1502, 1503,1504,1505
Site: Fifth to Park Ave., Sgth to 94th St. Laid out
by the Commissioners 1811 (Pl. 79, Vol. I); abol¬
ished when goth, 91st, 92d and 93d Sts. were extend¬
ed through 1865,—Laws of N. Y., 1865, Chap. 135.

"Parade, The."    See Bowling Green, supra.

"Parade, The."                                         852, et al.

Site; As laid out by the Commissioners 1811,
Seventh to Third Ave., 23d to 34th St. Ceased
to be reserved for public purposes when Fifth
Avenue and streets were cut through 1829 (Laws
of N. Y., 1839, Chap. 269), except for Madison
Square (q. v.).    See Pl. 79, Vol. I; PI. 86, Vol. III.

Paradise Park.                               Bet. 160 and 166

Site: Intersection of Park, Worth Sts. and Mis¬
sion Pl. "Five Points Triangle" fenced and
sodded with grass 1833 (Pro. Bds. Aid. and Assts.,
II: 14): enclosed by an iron railing i860.—Ibid.,
XXVIII: 281. Then called "Mission Square";
now known as Paradise Park.

Printing House Square,        Bet. 101, 102, and 122

Site; Park Row, bet. Spruce and Frankfort Sts.
Shown on Pl. 152-b, Vol. III.

Riverside Park.                                                1897

Site: Riverside Drive, W. 96th to 129th St,
Created 1867 (Laws of N. Y., 1867, Chap. 697);
land acquired by condemnation 1873, 1891, 1896,
1899, 1901, 1903 (Record of Real Estate, by Pren¬
dergast, 51); enlarged 1891, 1899, 1900 (Report,
Dept. of Public Parks, 1903, pp. lO-ii).

Roger Morris Park.                                        2109

Site: Jumel Terrace and W. 160th St. Acquired
iga^.-—Record of Real Estate, by Prendergast, 51.

Rutgers Park.                                             247, 248

Site: Foot of Rutgers St,, E, of Cherry St. Laid
out 1891.

St. Gabriel's Park.                                        941-1

Site: Bounded by 35th and 36th Sts., First and
Second Aves. Acquired 1903; construction and
improvement begun 1904 and completed 1905.-—
Report, Dept. of Parks, igo6, p. 43.

St. John's Park,                                                  213

Site: Bounded by Varick, Laight, Beach and
Hudson Sts, Ceded by Trinity Church; ordered
fenced and ornamented with trees 1804 (A/. C. C,
MS., XIV: 580); freight starion of N. Y, Central
& Hudson River R, R. Co. begun upon site 1867
 

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—The World, Nov. 11, 1869.   Official designation, -
Hudson  Square; shown  as such   on Pis. 64, 70,
Vol. I; see Pl.  io6-a.  Vol.  Ill;   Freight station
shown in Stone's Hist, of N. Y. City, p. 599.

St. John's Square.                                          595-2

Site:    West   St.   at   Canal   St.     Designated   St.
John's   Square 1865.—Pro, Bds. Aid. and Coun¬
cilmen, XXXIII: 252.    Shown in Janvier's In Old i
N. Y., 195.

St. Nicholas Park. 1957-1, 1972-1, 204g-2, 3056-2
Bounded by St. Nicholas Ave., St. Nicholas Ter¬
race, 130th and 141st Sts. Acquired 1885 to 1909
by condemnation proceedings.—Record of Real
Estate, by Prendergast, 51,

Schuyler Square.

Site;   West End Ave., Broadway and W. 106th St. ;
Acquired 189^.—Record of Real Estate, by Pre
dergast, 51.    See also Straus Park, infra.

Seward, William H., Park.                  29s and 296

Site: Bounded by Hester, Suffolk, Division, Jef¬
ferson, Canal and Essex Sts. and East Broadway.
Land acquired 1897; opened for public use igo2.
—Report, Dept. of Parks, 1902, p, 38.

Sheridan Square.

Site;    Bounded   by   Barrow   St.,   Gro
Washington Pl. and W. Fourth St.

Sherman Square.                        Bet. 11.

Site; Broadway and Amsterdam Ave
73d Sts. Acquired by City 1887.—Record of Real
Estate, by Prendergast, zi. Named Sherman
Square 1891 for Gen. W. T. Sherman, who died
that   year.—Pro.   Bd.   Aid.,   App'd   by   Mayor,

Straus Park.                                                 1878-1

Site: Broadway at N. end West End Ave, io6th
to 107th Sts. Designated Bloomingdale Square
1907 (i8th Ann. Rep., Am. Seen, and Hist. Pres,
Soc, 179); name changed to Straus Park 1912.—,,
Ibid., 178.    See also Schuyler Sq., supra.

Stuyvesant Square.                             897-2, 922-1 ''

Site: Both sides Second Ave., bet. isth and 17th
Sts. Land ceded by Peter G. Stuyvesant and
accepted 1836 (Laws of N. Y., 1836, Chap. 361);
enclosed with an iron railing 1846.—Prcp. Bds. Aid.
and Assts., XIII: 310,

Thomas Jefferson Park.

1705, 1706, 1707, 1712 and 1713-1
Site: Bounded by First Ave. and Harlem River,
inth and 114th Sts. Estab. and named 1894
{Pro. Bd.Ald., App'd by Mayor, LXII; 175-6);
land acquired 1900; partly opened 1902 (Report,
Dept. of Parks, 1903, p. 37); completed 1904;
playground completed 1903 (ibid., 1906, p, 35);
formally opened to the public 1905.—Ibid.,
1906, p. 55. See also Record of Real Estate, by
Prendergast, 51.

Times Square; see Long Acre Square.

Tompkins Square Park.                                     403

Site; Ave. A to Ave, B, Seventh to Tenth Sts.
Estab. 1833 (Laws of N. Y., 1833, Chap. 130);
named in honour of Governor Daniel D, Tompkins

1833  {Pro. Bds. Aid. and Assts., 11:33); opened

1834   (ibid., 11:32, 183, 33s, 341, 331); fenced
with iron 1858.—Ibid., XXVI: 139, 311.

Union Square.                                                    845

Site: Broadway, Fourth Ave., 14th to 17th Sts.
Projected as Union Place on Commissioners' Map
(i8n).—PI. 79, Vol. I. Occupied at a former
period as a pottersfield,^Haswell's Reminiscences,
138.    Disconrinuance favourably considered 1812,
 

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