View from Borough Hall toward Brooklyn Bridge
showing proposed Municipal Building
The spaces surrounding the public buildings, where not needed for circulation, should be parked and trees should be planted wherever they will serve to enhance the buildings, screen undesirable objects, at the same time not interfering with business interests. The same variety of tree should be planted throughout and should not exceed 25 to 30 feet in height.
Of almost equal importance is the question of lamp posts—their height, design, spacing and fixtures. It is suggested that this be exhaustively studied in the light of modern invention so as to make of the streets and open spaces involved, a model for other parts of the city.
The paving of these streets and open spaces also should be perfect. Creosoted wood block is recommended for its all round qualities.
The above recommendations, if carried into effect, will contribute to making this entrance to Brooklyn harmonious and impressive. The studies submitted in plan and perspective should be understood to be only general suggestions along the lines indicated.
Consideration in Detail of the Requirements of
the Various Buildings
Court House:
The courts and allied departments, at present situated in the old court house building, in the Borough Hall, in the Hall of Records and in rented quarters, which would be housed in this building, are:
- Supreme Court,
- Supreme Court, Appellate Division,
- County Court, Criminal Parts,
- County Court, Civil Parts,
- Grand Jury,
- County Clerk,
- District Attorney,
- Sheriff,
- Commissioner of Jurors,
- All Court Stenographers and Clerks,
- Justices' Chambers,
- Justices' Reference Library,
- Law Library.
Space occupied at the present time by the various departments is as follows: