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 added to the City's breathing spaces at the amalgamation of Grey Lynn with the City, in 1914. It is situated in what is locally known as the Grey Lynn Gully. The area has been made into a recreation ground for young people.

This Park, which is situated in the Ponsonby Borough, in 1909, and transferred to the City at the amalgamation of that district with the City. It remains undeveloped.

This Park, which is situated in the Ponsonby district, was purchased on August 8th, 1911, and opened by Mr. C. J. Parr, Mayor of Auckland, on December 16th of the same year. It has an ideal beach frontage to the Waitemata Harbour, and is adjacent to Shelly Beach, where safe bathing is to be had for old and young. A concrete swimming pond (150ft. by 60ft.) was opened on this beach in 1912.

Myers Park, which is named after the donor, is situated in a gully between Queen and Grey Streets, with entrances from each, and lies just behind the Town Hall. It was presented, in 1913, by Mr. (afterwards the Hon.) A. M. Myers, M.P., who was Mayor of Auckland from 1905 to 1909. The site when purchased by Mr. Myers was an unsightly gully, overgrown with weeds;