sentences:  Residents began a petition in July 1932 to be sent to the Westchester County Park Commission to continue the ban onto the Central Westchester.This first section of the Central Westchester Parkway opened on August 13, 1932, with a celebration headlined by a ribbon cutting with White Plains mayor Chauncey Griffin.The parkway segment cost $1 million (1932 USD) to construct and the ribbon was placed at the location of George Washington's first defensive line in 1776 during the Battle of White Plains.