The evening world. Newspaper, June 29, 1922, Page 4

~NEW YORKS Pate of Central Park Project May Be Settled To- Morrow. ANSWER OBJECTIONS. Combination of Monument and Playground Gets Warm je Approval. f~ By Sophie Irene Loeb. ‘The plan to utilize the lower reser- elr in Central Park for a great war @emorial as well As for a new recro~ ation center and playground will come fo-day before the committee of the whole of the Board of Pstimate and * Apportionment and before that full body to-morrow. In the absence of Rodman Wana- feaker, Chairman of the Committee on War Memorial, Commissioner Grover Whalen, Vico Chairman, wil! ‘asx the city for an, appropriation of $600,000. Of this sum $800,000 is to be used for the erection of a memo- ial arch and the other se00,pt0 Is to re the ground. for recreation ac- Erities, a diagram of which has been published in The Evening world. Mayor Hylan has for a long timy given study to the proposition, and as early as last July set forth his approval of such a plan in The Eve- ning World. ‘The War Memorial Committee, after Jooking over the field and exhausting every possibility since the armistice was signed, has now come to the con- ehusion that this proposition 1s not only the most suitable war memorial that can be devised, but that the . "Benefit to the living who will enjoy this new avenue of pleasure and rec- Feation will be of inestimable value. ‘This land is valued at $1,000,000 per cre, and it would seem that the city fs thus offering to Its dead heroes the best it has in their commemora- tion. ‘At the same time, the prospective activities, which include children’s playgrounds, a wading pool, band- stand and stadium, to say nothing of the lagoon to be Illuminated with fountains, will present a spectacle in the center of the metropolis as yet ‘wmsurpassed by any city in the world. The size of this lagoon may be ‘Wigualized when it is realized that the Feservoir has a capacity of 150,000,000 gallons, One walking around it covers 6,060 feet, or 220 fect less than a mile. I discussed the matter with’ the Memorial Committee and here are gome of the significant items that present themselves: The reservoir comprises thirty- @even acres of land that is now going to waste in the heart of the city, while the crying need of recreation space is constant because there are few places left easily accessible to the people. The committee has heard considerable objection to utilizing this reservoir for these recreation purposes, the chief argument being » that the beauty of the park might be spoiled. The answer to all such arguments, the committee insists, is that the con- ditions of sickly, overcrowded sec- tions should be alleviated at all coste, and that no community can; enjoy beauty until it ts alive with life from Teal recreation and outdoor exercise. Besides, this is only one section of the park and the beautiful portions that now obtain can be in no way affected. Also, the proposed plan ‘would present one of such architec- tural and landscape artistry as would be a joy to the eye as well as a thing ef practical value. ‘The ultimate cost is reckoned at no More than two millon doliars when the whole plan is completed. , Smaller @ities have spent more than double thet sum to erect a war memorial alone. Of these Detroit is an ex- ample. It is hoped by the committee that the whole project, as facilitated HALF-YEARLY SALE Now in Progress HURLEY sHoEs “MONE 80 Coop" 1434 Broadway 1367 HTT Broadwey 215 © Cortendt H. 256 FM Ave. ~ Pectory—Heckiand, Mess CREAT WAR ENORAL TO BE NATION'S PROE bg, he City Fathers, can be completed ‘by Next May, when tho twenty-fifth anniversury of Greater New York will be celebrated. It is not diMcult to picture this enormous space filled with children in one of the greatest spectacle jubilees yet devised. Among those vitally interested in the whole plan is William F. Deegan, State Commander of the American Legion, who states that the memorial as planned would do great credit to the city in honoring its heroes and that the combination of a memorial and a playground would meet with the hearty approval of the men in the war. Commissioner Whalen stated to. day: “I believe this will be one of the best things that bas ever been done in the City of New York. And the thing was not hagtily considered. In fact, the committee has been working on various suggestions since shortly after the armistice was signed. “An Art and Executive Committee homecoming of our troops, recom. mended to the Mayor on Nov. 26, 1918, the immediate erection of porary arch at 24th Street Avenue. With the Mayo and the hearty co-operation of (he city, the temporary arch was erected in time to welcome the returning soldiers, not only of New York City but of the Nation, during the spring, summer and autumn of 1919, “After a number of meetings the Art and Executive Committee on Nov. 1, 1919, authorized a public hearing on the form the memorial should take, which was held in City Hall of Nov. 17, 1919, according to societies, indi uals and the public generally tho opportunity to offer suggestions with respect to the character of the memo- rial Following this public hearing tio Art and Executive Committee on Dec. 8, 1919, Invited the public, art aud patriotic sucieties ‘to submit sugges- tions or plans in open competition of Ideas for a permanent war memorial’ tions were received and axhibited to the public In City Hall from Feb, 16 to 28, 1920, “The jury of artists, organised with '|Mr. Robinson as Chairman, viewe’ the suggestions for the memorial, held &u number of executive sessions, and then reported on April 16, 1920, ‘that no proposal in all its details as sub- mitted fs sufficiently meritorious for the jury of artists to recommend its adoption to the genéral committes,’ but that ‘considéred broadly, the com- petition in !deas has suggested the fol - lowing types of memo: as mert- torious and worthy of betrig considered by the Mayor's Committee: 1, A me- moriafarch. 2, A cenotaph in charge of an architect, and including seulp- ture and mural painting—a sort of temple to Sacrifice and Victory, em- ploying the three arts in the Work of commemoration. 8. A statue or scrip- tural group." 4 “At the time of their submission these suggestions were considéred by the members of the General Commit- the Mayor. ____ THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, ‘1922, mittee on Permanent War Memorial to Since that time the Mayor has seen fit to request me to again assume the chairmanship of the committee, which has for its pur- pose not only the erection of a per- manent war memorial but also to pian and prepare a suitable celebra- tion on the occasion of the twenty- fifth birthday of the Greater City of New York “This new committee, which the Mayor brought into being this year, has considered at great work of the former It has reviewed the sions which took the council room of the City Hall on the subject as to what type the permanent war memorial should be; it has sought ion of opinion of men of letters and of the ordinary citizen. "After very serious and deliber- ate consid ion of the entire question, the Mayor's Committee is of the opinion that there could by the men who made tKe great sacrifice than an Arch of Free- same tims secure, something useful to erection of a Memorial Arch than that|the features of the Permanent Mem- of the lower reservoir in Central Park. ; “It is proposed that there shall be at the cxtreme southern end of th reservoir area an ct to west forming th connecting avenue politan Museum and the Muse Natural History. This reservoir area | Vi8t# 3:00 fa Jong. In the centro is approximately 800 feet enst ana} thts west, and 2,000 feet long, north and | 227row Ir “Having determined upon the type of War Memorial the commiitee ad- dressed itself to the subject of the se- lection of a site, After combing the city for a suitable location for the Memorial Arch the Mayor's Commit- tee came to the conclusion that there was no site more appropriate for the| ‘It {# further proposed as ono of | recently dedicated in Washington," wor whteh ntrendy a largo has been collected — the north end of tha hoyoantri'| future © tits position, intor-ritiseunt avenue and the arch would be an approach or was at once selected, with Paul w. |and selected a jury of artists. In re- Bartlett as Chairman. This commit. sponse to this announced open com- tee, because of the imminence of the p¢tition of ideas tee and no action was taken thereon. 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