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...Yard, all the buildings in this section, with the exception of clubs and dormitories, can be torn down and new college dormitories erected. The long slope from Massachusetts avenue down to the river, cleared of all buildings not associated with Harvard, and laid out in the form of a parkway with the new Weld Boat Club on the river bank, would make a most attractive Yard, and in conjunction with the old Yard would form one of the largest college properties in the country...
There will be a special entrance on the Charles River Parkway opposite the University Boathouse for persons coming to the game in carriages. The Parkway can be reached only on the Brighton side from Western avenue, via Everett street, as Boylston street and North Harvard street will be closed. Carriages may stand in the Parkway during the game...
Automobiles are not allowed in the Parkway...
There will be two coffer-dams and a navigation lock 350 feet long, with a drawbridge and sluices. On top of the dam a roadway will be constructed to replace the Craigie bridge, and a parkway of seven acres will be laid out. The dam will turn the estuary of the Charles river into a fresh water basin, maintaining a level two feet lower than mean high water...
...will be removed. The dam will be sufficiently high to exclude all salt water and to maintain in the basin above, a water level approximately 8 feet higher than mean low water. On top of the dam there will be a roadway to replace the Craigie bride, and a parkway of about 7 acres...