Plan of Evanston
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RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY
THE Northwest Park district has shown us what can be done by co-operating with the Northwestern Railway to beautify the railroad right-of-way. This should be continued so that all railroad rights-of-way in Evanston would be softened by vines and flowers and changed from eyesores to things of beauty.
FOUNTAINS
Evanston is bountifully supplied with water, and our parks and public squares should be amply provided with flowing fountains, as the squares of Detroit and other cities. Fountains in themselves are a pleasure to the eye and a good influence in the City.
ALLEY ENTRANCES
Much good could be done by putting vine covered archways with pendant electric lights at our alley entrances to conceal the ugliness beyond and light up dangerous places at night. A good example of this is the alley entrance on the north side of Clark Street between Chicago and Hinman Avenues.
BRIDLE-PATHS
We urge that a bridle-path be built in Lake Front park on the east side of Sheridan Road, so that equestrians will not have to contend with the menace of intersecting streets. Provision should be made to carry the bridle-path west, possibly by passing through the University grounds and out Harrison Street, so that access could be had to the Forest Preserve lands which will extend along the north branch of the Chicago River and be developed as parks for the people of Cook County. Also a bridle-path should be built along the east side of and adjacent to the drainage canal.
