Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Plan for a Park for the City of Albany
The undersigned were appointed a committee by the Albany Institute to lay before your body the accompanying paper, which was read at a meeting of the Institute, held June 3, 1863, and to request your attention to the subject therein discussed, as one of vital importance to the city over which you preside. The duty of providing an ample park for the city of Albany, is one that, of course, can not have escaped your consideration. Of the importance of this step there can be but little doubt, and nearly as little doubt that the step ought to be taken without longer delay. The committe in laying before your honorable body the present plan for a park, have no wish to urge it as the only feasible one, nor to insist upon the adoption of this particular locality. If the suggestions of this paper shall serve to direct attention to the subject, and demonstrate the practicability of securing for the perpetual use of the city, large and beautiful public grounds. The committee will feel themselves abundantly satisfied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
