"PLAYGROUND STREETS."

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 20, 25 January 1915, Page 6

"PLAYGROUND STREETS."

Police Commissioner Woods, of NewYork, has completed a first inspection of the now "playground streets" plan he inauguarated a month ago, and is .satisfied that lie has solved one of the vital questions of city life in the congested districts, that of .supplying recreation space for the thousands of children who throng the thickly-populated quarters. Commissioner Woods' plan has been to set aside certain streets at certain hours for the children. At 3 o'clock the policemen erect temporary barricades at the ends of these streets until 6, when the streets are restored to traffic. The new plan, Commissioner Woods was informed, has given unquestioned satisfaction to all. Even storekeepers ou these streets are enthusiastic in endorsing the plan. An extension of the scheme will be provided for immediately. At pies? it 21 streets in Manhattan, and five in Brooklyn are reserved for recreation purposes. Residents of these streets have subscribed to a fund to provide play instructors and superintendents of recreation. This fund will be augmented from the city treasury. The People's Institute has supplied a .number of these play lenders, and is seeking more. Commissioner Woods is prepared to give each group of children a safe restricted area for p\iy in all the city boroughs.