| Show W ts Landscape Architecture In Connection t J j With W I L Modern 11 If 1 Civic ell IVIC Improvements l vem t 81 uJ 0 c PT tiE E latest development of ot the II I civic landscape Idea Iden Is matur matura a st T II I Ing tag In Chicago which Is III l II I icing the tue unrivaled l I of at land hand and anti water In Its I ti lake front for lor the beautifying i t of ot the tho city As originally discovered in the site sita of ot Chicago was wai not naturally w e unattractive but Lut It cannot be claimed U 1 with truth that either its lake Inke or river 8 has haa been Improved in appearance by lJ k the he artificial constructions erected there thereby thereby thereby by man loan It Is proposed to soften the I huh harsh outlines of ot the lie bridges s and features might be Introduced The latter were sere used with effect at the Columbian exposition and ond It If any have remained behind they should by this lila time be completely naturalized In isis great reat scheme for renovating the HIP Ih lake front anti river borders there Is a unity of or purpose find and elaboration elaboration oration which will commend Itself to all who have given the subject I lot of land landscape landscape architecture a it thought for tor ac no accepting in essence the designs worked out by the European cen centuries centuries tunes no It I Is purposed to achieve tho the t run r I f of at water front I t b ty a 1 chain or sen seri s a of ot I formal pleasure gardens The of ot every garden will tw bt a 1 court of or honor suggested by b the m nt conception n so beautifully I Ild lit st litJa t Ja bun park in the tM un hitI total tural of or the Columbian exposition The focal foral point of each ench grand Irand imm of at atI I honor is 15 to be a n gigantic I I abundance of ot water being belne always avail avati able designed on oct a n scale suited to the features s of at the landscape A horizontal plan of or the scheme gives first a II large Jorge square within which Is a n pentagon p In Including eludIng another and smaller square containing a n circle The five corners of at the pentagon ore are to be ornamented with allegorical statue groups of at the five Oe great lakes towering above which will willbe willbe willbe be an octagonal shaft of or marble sup supporting porting a square with a n grand frieze 10 0 feet eeL each way From the fountain will lead away a 1 the grand vistas each vista Ista terminating in some point of or Interest porticoes arches and edifices music pavilions statuary lesser fountains bridges flowers shrub shrubbery bery b ry as s pools of 01 so laid out that the visitor wilt will naturally still know the focusing point the fountain which Is always In whoso whose 1 r j jt rl AI i t 1 Ij I t J L II J Jn I 1 n c I m n 01 OJ I I Iw Vl T w L i H 1 f J I II II III I I J si n II III e t h S I t it i i 1 u I i 1 1 1 i ii r 1 iiI ii r I SUGGESTED GROUND PLAN FOR PROBABLE WATER FRONT PLEASURE GROUNDS I It it Ings lags for tor instance by b painting them In Ini Ut II i bright or the I 5 i manner prevailing In Venice for tor It Is admitted that Chicago and the mistress ml ls 1 4 iJ t of at the Adriatic have at least IN st one lea fee feature feet leao o t ture turo In common nn that li is water i 5 though thought It may differ In quality In the rr two places pla lly By II the plies piles In bright tints a V n color effect may maybe maye maybe I be e obtained and by importing Venetian j gondolas and gondoliers extremely pic pie sound of at waters ever ev r growing stronger stron er will at last reveal the dawning of or the glorious spectacle Chicago the th great creat city of ot the gr great at lakes At least that Is h the he way stay an Chicago newspaper puts It The world wand has had parks and pleas pleasure ure nrc grounds for tor centuries It has pos poe possessed recreation spots anti and plazas as asfar astar asfar far tar hack back as lIS the memory of or man mau extends nut But never before hat has a II scheme been be n evolved on so gigantic a scale Benle as ns this and In which the lie elaboration take takes ac nc account account count not only of ot the natural and andar ar or architectural environment but of ot the his historical and geographical associations Unity of ot design Is apparent In III every part anti and that 1 the keystone of 01 all nil sue suc successful landscape architecture The civic Idea has hns taken hold and sunk Its roots deep hel Into the lie public I mind for lor nil our great American cities j I Ihle have long had their vast list anti and verdant spaces s for ret rest and recreation such lIuch as os j Boston Common and Hi liB more modern system of or parkways New Yorks Cen Centra trad tra park Bronx and speedway Phil delphias peerless s Washing Wa tons parks Squares anti and circles San Fau cos Golden Ool lell Oat Gate while Chicago Chico gO Itself lIDS has been most gen generous generous generous erous In park prk provisions In n fact tact every city and large town has Mil Its choice spots I set apart through the thc wisdom and fore foresight foresight sight of ot Its citizens Even Een slow going oln staid old London with its many miles and acres of or parks packs and pleasure gar gardens gardens dens den entailing an on annual expense of more than on account mainly of ot the he employment of at royal supernumeraries has hRS hatched a scheme for lor a n continuous chain elisha of at parks around that city to cost cot at least She Site has been moved d to do this his by the tha exam pl pie of ot American cities which have In Increased Increased Increased creased their lung Iun capacity and come cease consequent quent well being by creating health girdles of ot green gardens and verdure clad The Idea Id a of ot parks parka or pleasure gardens as adjuncts to n a city Is almost as an nn elent cleat as a the worlds oldest aggregations of at humanity for tor the thc ancient Egyptians possessed them ns as well as the Greeks the Assyrians and tho the Romans They were generally of ot a formal character however and amid from tram them originated the many plazas or central squares some seine of ot them adorned a orned with beautiful gardens which are so common In the Europe J of or today After man began begun to grow gre garlou and un to herd with his fellow lellow fellowmen fellowmen men every hamlet village anti city ell had hail hadUs Us its central or Dr meeting place whether It was sas the open Ollen field around which the Africans build their huts tine the village green of ot the English country districts or the more formal i Europ can plaza adorned with wiLls menu monuments ments and statuary Gradually as urban associations ex exerted exerted exerted their th lr ameliorating effects upon I man the idea Iden of at combining scenic and nd architectural effects was developed and landscape gardening came Into being This combining c of ot nature and art Is aptly defined by b the tine great grent landscapist Frederick Law Olmstead as ns the art artof artof of ot making such change chanco In the character of ot the scenery of a 11 given field and of or so bringing It under contemplation from Innumerable points of 01 view lew that tho the pleasure of ot the tha beholder is I Increased w w ww To this lila end artificial objects object such urh ft to s houses monuments bridges and roads roada are arc to be so 80 fashioned l and la In connection with nad In relation to nat net natural natural ural objects as for lor example masses cf t foliage hills hub dales rocks and anti waters that Hint the SIne mind will wll be drawn from Irom mate materialistic toward moods mood While It is doubtful If the contemplation tion of ot beautiful scenery has equal ef of effect lect upon nil alt minds anti and whether view viewing viewIng ing tine the grand anti and beautiful b In nature always has an elevating tR t upon u n nina man there Is ts no denying the tact fact that thai for tor purposes the city P rl anti squares aro ars of or There ate aio many thousands unable to leave heave Ica ve town who vino may revel In scenery perfectly pastoral In character with without without out going outside the tine city limits limit and with but a trifling expenditure re for Cor CAr CM Carfares fares The Tho United Un It ell States Slates while It ella tot t take the tho lead lend In Initiating initialing great r pathS li for tor the tho benefit not only of 01 the generation but of ot posterity h hiss has nor northe no the reputation of ot possessing the lart aggregate of ot national parks of oC any tI LI Ion In the world It Is only to mention the great grut Yellowstone tt ILl tU Yosemite the tine park of at petrified trees reel n Is Arizona and an the tho latest acquisition Ft 11 jarito park In New Mexico with tI acres containing ruins of or the ancient cliff dwellers 11 call attention to the fact tact that Ua Sam is owner of ot the vastest areS area ti Ii park reservations In the tine unite unive Nearly all the notional national parks have hat tea b reserved on account of or their unlit tractions or ns as conservators of and rain supply or both They are re It remote mote from cities bind and only anI available ta II those who can afford to take Jow Jou at considerable outlay of ot ca CI but the city park parks and nut pleasure P elf I dens are not open to the tine objection urged against the national domain domains w tO they are accessible and available to l tU ill poorest and humblest st of 01 our citizens citizen ROGER P F DAmU |
