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Within the past year many additions have been made to Soldiers Field, among which are the Marshall Newell gate, the lodge, and the fence which extends along North Harvard street. These changes and the broad speedway which the Metropolitan Park Commission has built along the river, have added much to the appearance of the field, which today has a far different aspect than it had two years...
...stone composition, with brick trimmings. There are also new gates opposite the Carey building, and at the extreme end of the field. These additions, with the exception of the Newell gate, have been built at the expense of the athletic association. The fence which will run along the speedway for the distance of a mile is now in course of construction and will be of the same design as the fence on North Harvard street. It will be erected by the Metropolitan Park Commission in exchange for a strip of land of forty-six acres, upon which the speedway...
...cinder track around the football field will be used in the 1900 track games for the first time, and will probably be raised if it is found to be necessary. Plans have been made for a new house for the Gun Club which will be situated near the speedway, in what was once the marsh. Instead of shooting towards the road, as is now done, the pigeon traps will be turned in the opposite direction and the shooting will be towards Soldiers Field. There are now from twenty to thirty acres on Soldiers Field for athletic purposes. Since the Park...
...plans have been furnished by Peabody & Stearns, of Boston, who have designed a building in harmony with the adjacent Soldiers Field and the new speedway which the city of Boston has just built along the river bank. The building is 139.4 feet long and 85.9 feet wide and is of two stories with a basement. The basement, which extends under the entire building, has not yet been assigned for any particular purpose, but will probably be used as a store-room...
...west of this room will be the lockers and to the east three rooms, one for coaches, one for the University crew, while the third will contain shower baths. The other baths will be in the towers. Balconies will extend out from the second story towards the speedway...