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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ements. before 1874. Brick sewers constructed 0.347 miles. Pipe sewers constructed 2.893 Number of manholes built 105 Number of receiving basins built 130 FROM JANUARY 1, 1874, TO JANUARY 1, 1891 (17 YEARS). Sewers built 176,299 lin. ft, or 33.39 m. Manholes constructed 1,603 Receiving basins constructed 567 FROM JANUARY 1, 1891, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1897. Brick sev ers constructed 104,817.8 lin. ft. or 19.85 m. Pipe sewers constructed 256,147.3 48.51 Manholes constructed 3,689 Receiving basins constructed. . . . 752 Total length of sewers constructed in 23d and 24th Wards(exclusive of district east of Bronx River) prior to and sinceannexation to September 30, 1897, equals 554,421.82 lin. feetor 105.004 miles. Total length of sewers constructed in district east ofBronx River equals 4,869 miles. THE GRAND BOULEVARD AND CONCOURSE. One of the most important of the contemplated publicimprovements in the 23d and 24th Wards is the GrandBoulevard and Concourse, laid out on the Central Section of
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186 The Great North Side. 187 the Final Maps, etc., of the two wards. There is needed inthe North Side a spacious and attractive drive connectingCentral Park with the upper park system; Van CourtlandtPark, Mosholu Parkway, Bronx Park, Bronx and PelhamParkways, and Pelham Park, which are now from the pointof view of driving for pleasure, almost inaccessible. Theplan and design of the Concourse will be free for all timefrom the encroachments and demands of traffic and business,and while it will be a lasting source of enjoyment and healthfor present and future generations, this Grand Boulevardand Concourse will exist in the citys heart and will in no wayimpede the progress of the citys growth in trade, traffic, andcommerce, but on the contrary strengthen and accelerate it.It will open for development a wide section of real estate, fromwhich betterments and lar^e increase of taxable valuation willbe secured. It will be 4^ miles long. It will include notonly a wide speedway, but a double b

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