New York City Department of Parks reports
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Abstract
This collection contains two bound reports issued by the City of New York Department of Parks in 1950 and 1955 regarding renovation proposals and plans for various Brooklyn parks.
Historical note
The New York City Department of Parks was formed in 1934 when Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia discontinued the independent parks departments of the city's five boroughs and consolidated them to form a unifying administrative body to govern the entirety of the city's park system. LaGuardia appointed Robert Moses as the Parks Department's first commissioner. After becoming a branch of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration under Mayor John V. Lindsay in 1968, the Parks Department was reorganized as the Department of Parks & Recreation under Mayor Abraham D. Beame in 1976.
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- New York City Deparment of Parks & Recreation. "A Timeline of New York City Department of Parks & Recreation History." Accessed May 11, 2011. http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_history/historic_tour/historic_tour.html
Arrangement
Each of the two reports in this collection are housed in their own folder.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two binders containing reports issued by the City of New York Department of Parks in 1950 and 1955 regarding renovation proposals and plans for various Brooklyn parks. The first report, titled "Program of Post War Repairs," contains a list of needed improvements with associated costs for each park, while the second report, "The Esplanade, Borough of Brooklyn: A Connecting Promenade Between Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach Park," contains details on planning and legal authorization, correspondence, and photographs.
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Open to users without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); New York City Department of Parks reports, 1978.079, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and date of acquisition unknown. Formally accessioned in 1978.
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Processing Information
Minimally processed to the collection level. This collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised by Dee Bowers in 2023.
