Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-01 | Page 31 | Classic Forms of Art to Rise at Washington

1 r i to Rise At Washington I 1 I t VI v l f s A in iii Construction Ig- Ig tvA y v s 's L f 1 i t 14 1 j W FRANTZ W Aug 31 United ir ss aji cuc ah ind l. l c ta ts- for Buildings ihu f the na- na are are- strictly by Roman domes and C eek columns and leaning toward I Q horizontal lines public With a now well launched v various inow in or o- o under construction construction- it Is Js commis arta-commis- i the architects 4 not b by the he tren trend vard to bitar o and novel orm Agitation for Increase in thc thc- height limitation lids has Bj heeded so the capital will willot ot n be listed among the cilUS skyline The planning according to a 1 la strictly i with th the plan federal i original prepared by tl the French engl engineer eer PI Pierre r- r Charles Charle tile the direction of ofa a W he LEnfant L'Enfant plan embraced In- In city design derived from te t r royal yal of Versailles by his arch arch- ln et-ln in association with Lo Norte r of of- landscape architects n Avas redefined by al authority with some Changes In 1901 but major tire accords with architectural with t nd established iW davs of the American jj fn 1910 isio congress created the fine arts to be- be con cf conr concerning questions of a art Involved f in congressional J body c consisting O io distinguished ar architects and artists artIss h of ot Its i nf t toward classical sty letso that has tended to develop iorg- iorg lines Congress and civic enthusiasts J ier s1 Are now their ef f forte rt promote building and highway and general b a tUh to m possible Ifor fOt tb bicentenary of the thi JUrth j of Washington which w ich February 22 1932 By that the housing Oi f wl all governmental Institutions under w way or SOT en ind aud Ui th long dreamed dreamed- ot of led scheme boule- boule will have haie take taken long long- f epi 1 i. it t itt the pr tf i called so-called rIf million dollar building pro pro- jS im l is In progress That amount has aad i bee by congress but only ten million dollars Is-actu- Is all albi Build Build- Ingi under r Construction are ie df the depar agriculture n near ar completion the department Ui of com com- i eroe the of Internal reve nue and g vern- vern t rI Un flee but lt not yet cO include new homes for ri the department of of- labor commerce commis- commis alf the the department of JustIc There will also be an independent O and a national building for the storage cf of public doc documents A ON MEMORIAL S Ii approaches comple- comple 4 th he Potomac river the the gre of of- monumental Arlington Memorial bridge the Lincoln memorial estate This building toM t to symbolize the union of north and south and will b read ready for cm 1930 An earll earlier r monumental bridge 7 the ancis' JT Key IKey bridge com com- th the author pf the na nd anthem The Stat Stat- t Spangled and Herm Herm- inv wa near hIs former home The of the a cost of 14 wilt mark the greatest improvement 1 recent arid will further devel development of rd parking has authorized of a Id be orn- orn In n time if or bicentenary b attention n park In of of- tHe District District- Oft C rioh k a a ar in park jI Allne Creek arid park park- and and- the o of Meridian park park ih iii the SIx jt Study St also lio Is Is' being Falls on seventeen Iles from ti city a a of natural beauty and and- to the UiG tIon of waterside At At- the heart of all parking and construction plane rests rests- the concept con ept of the great Mall which In Its ite final stage stage- will WIIL open vista from the monument ment tb comparable tb to the th Champs I Jn Paris