1/2/36 267. Announcement that the sports carnival will be held on 59th Street lake instead of. Conservatory Lake. 1/2 368. Monthly Recreation Program. 1/3 369. Henry Hudson Parkway Authority received bids today for the con* etruction of the Riverside Drive Connection with the Henry > 370. Hudson Parkway. • V* Announcement that the Winter Sports carnival will be held at 59ta Street Lake. 1/10 371. Board of Estimate has received the Dept. of Parka plans and spec- ifications and estimates of cost for the covering of N.Y.C.B.R. , tracks, continuation of Westaide Highway and park restoration of Riverside Drive. l/ll 572. Announce organization of Junior Park Protective Leagu© under super- vision of park playgrounds, ' . Page 21. BELEASS3 i/n/34 373. Announcement of postponement of winter sports carnival due to lack of ice. 1/15 374. Kindergarten for children of pre«school age will be continued in the Park Department throughout the spring and sunsaer. 1/15 ,375* Hew Schedule for the playground traveling troupe announced. 1/16 376* .Hecreation course for playground directors of the Park Depart** roent. 1/17 • 377. Forestry report of the five boroughs during year 1935, i/i? 378. Announcement of the courses given the playground directors. 1/21 379. Snow sculpture contest in the elty playgrounds announced. 1/23 380. Winter-sports carnival to be held January 26th on the 59th Street Lake. • t 2/25 381. Winter sports carnival to be held January 26th on Central Park Lake. 1/30* 382. Vfinter sports carnival February 4th at 8*30 P.M. 2/1 383. Winter sports carnival on February 4th at 8*30 P.M. 2/6 384. First meeting of Junior Park Protective League Units. 2/10 385. Monster winter ©ports carnival at Prospect Park, Lincoln*© Birth-* day.. 2/11 386, Winter carnival in Brooklyn, Richmond and Bronx. 2/13 387. Greatest winter sports carnival in Central Park February 23, 1936* 2/20 388. Next meeting of Brooklyn League of Park Protectors. 2/20 , .389. Monster winter sports carnival in Central park, February 23, 1936. 2/21. 390. Winter sports carnival in Central Park, February 25rd. 2/26 391* Park Dept* issues a warning to property owners on the care of their trees. 2/27 392* Park Dept* announces that the brown bear cub will be on exhibition in the Prospect Park Zoo ©very day from 2 to 4 P.M. 2/28 393* Park protectors will meet Saturday, February 29th* ^-2/29 394. Plan for Reorganization of Park Department on a self-financing . basis. {.-•»'«•• •• v~ ) 3/9 .395. First monkey to be bred and born in Central Park Zoo. Page 22 : •. ' '<. ^* t. , •;:••• •• 3/17/3 *» 395 Agreement reached with VKPA regarding signs la parks* • ' . 3/18 39? Bugby football will be introduced for the first time in Central Park on Ivlarch 21st. 3/19 393 Rugby football announcement that game will be held on March 21at in Central Park, 3/20 .399 Bugby football game to be shifted from Central Park to Van Cortlandt Park, 3/2? 400 opening of ten new playgrounds by Park Dept. on March £8th» 4/1 401 Monthly'program of Recreation Department. • ' 4/1 402 Announcement of sailbo,at contest for children in the various boroughs. 4/2 403 Dept. of Parks announces that applications for permits to play on the Municipal Golf courses and public Tennis Courts are in order, 4/9 404 Easter Exhibit at the Greenhouses in Brooklyn. 4/9 405 Opening of Mosholu, Clearview and Dyker Beach Golf Courses on Sunday at 6 A.M. 4/9 406 First international Rugby Football Game at "Van Cortlandt Park April 12 at 3 P.M. ' 4/14 407 Opening of golf courses, announcement of dates and courses. 4/14 408 Official opening of Park Dept. Baseball Diamonds. 4/27 409 Gracie Mansion opened for inspection on May 2nd to the public, 4/29 410 Announcement of Arbor Day Tree Planting on May 1st. 4/30 411 Announcement of portable Farmyard Exhibition in the various playgrounds on May 1st. 4/30 412 Schedule of farmyard exhibition announced. £ J^ O-V-^Q- »-o Mr I |) ' 5/4 413 OpeningjDf 13 new playgrounds by the Park Dept. 5/5/ 414 Rugby football introduced in the north Meadow in Central Park on May 9th. 5/7- 415 Park Lake model yacht end motor boat oontest in Central Park on May 9th. 5/8 416 Hurling teams will play in Van Cortlandt Park on May 10th. 5/7 417 Opening of golf courses in Bronx and Queens May 9th at 6 A.M. 5/13 418 Emsrgency truck put into service by the Park Dept. to cover every kind of ezsargency arising in parks, playgrounds or streets under Park Dept. Juris- diction. 5/18 419 Announcement of construction of bicycle paths throughout the City Park System. • • • 5/18 420 Park Dept. will conduct the final matches of the inter-boro handball oon- tests at Houston St. Playground on Tuesday, May 19th, at 4 P.M. 5/19 421 Park Dept. will conduct final match of the City-wide marble shooting con- at City Hall Park, May 20th. " "Page 85 ' / 5/20/J ^ 422 Park Dept. invites children and grown-ups to participate in harmonical f contest to be held at Roosevelt Plygd. at 4 P.M. May 27th. ^ • 5/24 423 Yictor Herbert Festival at Central Park Mall, Sunday, May 24th, 1936 at 8:30 P.M. \ 5/23 424 Final games of the inter-boro basketball contest at Roosevelt Playground at 4:30 May 26th. ,. 5/25 '425 Final match of the inter-boro horseshoe pitching for boys and men^at Sdgecombe Avenue and 168th Street on May 27th, 1936 at 5:30 P.M. " 5/27 426 Bids received for a contract for the general grading for Flushing Meadow Park at the first step toward the development of thi^ park, site of the 1939 World's"Fair 6/2 427 Announcement of unveiling of the bust of John Wolfe Ambrose on June 3rd • at Battery Park 428 Dept. of Parks established project for the restoration of monuments in the City • • , 6/5 429 Park Dept. will conduct dances on the Mall, every Tuesday and Thursday starting June 9th. , _ ' 6/3 430 Announcement that concerts will be given by Y<PA in the parks during the summer 6/9 431 The Old Barrett Estate on S.I. opened to the public as Barret Park. Ceremonies will be conducted jointly by the Park Dept. and S.I. Zoological Society " ' - 6/11 432 . Acquisition of land and straightening of Harlem River between Hudson River and Broadway. The reclaimed land will add an area approximately 24 acres to the north end of I sham and Inwood Hill Park. __ '. 6/12 433 Jacob Rils Park will be opened to the Public on Saturday June 13th. -: 6/11 > 434 Announcement of Portable Theatre Shows to be presented in various parks throughout the five boroughs.' 6/11 435 Folk dance contest for children on Mall, Saturday, June 13th, at 2:30 P.M. ^—.436 Opening of 7 new playgrounds Friday, June 12th. 6/15 437 Dedication of Cunningham Memorial to be held June 16th at 4:00 P.M. 6/18 438 Opening concertsof City Amateur Symphony Orchestra uncfer direction of * Judge L. Prince to be held on Mall, Central Park, June 23rd, 8:30 P.M. 6/18 439 Sunnier series of puppet and marionette shows in the various playgrounds beginning June 22nd. 6/19 440 Removal of the U.S.S. Illinois.to enable construction to go on for West Side Improvement. 6/19 441 Reserved seats for the RandalifB Island Stadium Olympic tryout for men's track and field. ^ 442 Opening of Hanilton Fish Swimming Pool Page 24 • ,, ' ' ;, 6/19 443 Folk dance contest for children postponed pn account of rain to June 20th. 6/22, 444 City-wide championship harmonica contests on the Mall, Central Park, June 25 8;30 P.M. 5/24 445 Opening of Hamilton Fish Pool. 6/24 446 Bids Marine Parkway Bridge across itockaway Inlet. ' n 6/25 447 Opening of Thomas Jefferson Swimming Pool. 6/25 448 M . n 11 new playgrounds, Friday, June 26th» 6/25 449 Second annual one-act play contest for children on the Mall, June 27, 2:30 P,M. 6/30 450 Opening of model garden.in Higalantf'P-ark, July lst» fc I DEPARTMENT OF PARKS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARSENAL, CENTRAL PARK JUNE 30, 1936 TEL, REGENT 4-1000 The Park Department will open a modol garden in Highland Park, Jamaica Avenue & Cleveland Streets, Queens, Wednesday, July 1 at 2 P. M. The first seeds will be planted in the 140 individual gardens by cMldren of the noightoorhood. Summer crops of sweet corn, beans, swiss chard, carrots, beets will bo sown. Those individual gardens are allotted to different child- ren at each planting. The Children's Garden adjoins the old Schenk House, which was built in 1762. This garden was reconstructed in keeping with this old colonial landmark. A 2 room gatehouse, at the entrance to the garden witfc its wide clapboards, stone sides, half doors and many panod windows, might well have been built by the original craftsman, who erected the old Schenk Homestead. One room is used for storing miniature spades, rakes, hoes and other juvenile im- plements; the other room serves as a mooting room and display center for items of garden interest. The garden covers about half an acre, with paved walks and bordered flower- beds.