AUCKLAND'S NEW PARK.
LAST OF A SLUM AREA,
The. remains of an unattractive slum area in Auckland will disappear with the creation of the park which the generous gift of £9000 by Mr. A. M. Myers, M.P., has made possible. The land purchased for the city .is a triangular block, between Queen and Grey Streets, and has an area of fourteen acres. 1 It is of irregular shape, nearly a quarter of a mile long, and varying in width from.l4oft. t0,390ft., the average width being over 260 ft. The nearest approach from . the city will bo through Neil Lane, leading off Grey Street, about a chain above the Town Hall. The frontages of properties on the two main streets have not been affected. On the western side, the lands up to within 100 ft. to 110 ft. of Grey Street have been secured, and on the other side an area 120 ft. wide will bound tho park as far as. Scotia Place. Beyond that point the width between the park area and the street is much greater on both sides. . Fourteen old and dilapidated dwellings will be removed under tho scheme. Five of these cottagcs are situated at the roar.-of tho Campbell crecho, three others opposite them on the eastern side of the valley, pnd a scattered group of Bix in the lower portion. A luxuriant growth of vegetation does much .to conccal the present condition of the area, but a closer inspection reveals evidences of noglcct and carelessness. For, long enough the land, only partially occupied by buildings, has been a convenient place for the disposal of odd refuse, and crumbling ruins of old shanties add to the general unsightlinoss. A moderate imagination will readily picture the difference that will he made by tho removal of these unpleasant features by the work of the landscape artist, and tho rich growth in this" warm valley, naturally suited for a garden. •
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1870, 2 October 1913, Page 7
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347AUCKLAND'S NEW PARK. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1870, 2 October 1913, Page 7
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