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Show WATER FRONT ROOF GARDENS The growth of many cities in the Unitoi States has been so rapid Ihat proper provision has notTbeen mjide'. for adequate publia."parka and breatlj-' Jng places for the people. Recpnt 'agitation 'agi-tation for moro parks and play grounds, and for the cenoral sanitation sanita-tion and "hygiene of cities, has resulted result-ed in the making of parks at enormous enor-mous expense in the midst of thickly thick-ly populated districts In New York city the 'necessity for furthor parks and also for greater dockage facilities in tho harbor has culminated in a scheme for the creation of a park In the .air, so to speak. At the present time nearly the wholoof the west side of Manhattan Island is occupied by the New York Central railroad tracks, and -a pla-acas lcea devised' whereby a space 200 feet wide and fcoveral miles long will be converted luto additional space? fcfr raVlroads and docks by filllngnTbrig the water-front water-front It Is propped Ho cover over this entirospae bv heayy steel andi concrete roofing ""aricf then to f'll inj 'this rpof with soil and piako a jWator-j troul park- ..lost cities' luiviugratej-l'rpn.t luiviugratej-l'rpn.t havp,falIowe'd , these- naturay' adva'ntabeoiis loqntlpns for jarks Ao be ahsorbed by 'railroads' or other Industrial In-dustrial enterprise?: Chicago, with its wonderful water front on Lake Michigan, has allowed this to happen, to a certain extent .' The plan of New York, though au expensive one, seems to bo entirely feasible; at least, it has been so pronounced by engineers. Certainly it would form a most at-tracthe at-tracthe addition to the park system of that city j. urnal of the American Medical Association. |