LESSON 14 
Park ENTRANCE 
HIS lesson offers an opportunity to study a de- 
sign for a city park entrance. The problem is 
similar in general character to the two entrance 
studies already examined; but in this case the 
entrance being to a larger area, used by a much 
) larger volume of traffic, the treatment is neces- 
sarily more elaborate. 
Tilustration 
The example herewith shown is from a design for the main 
entrance to Lincoln Park, Manitowoc, Wis. The design and draw- 
ing are by Mr. F. A. Cushing Smith, landscape architect, Chicago. 
The approach is by two streets at right angles to each other, 
and this condition makes the problem of designing an artistic en- 
trance especially difficult. Mr. Smith has met this condition by 
developing a monumental feature at the intersection of the two 
streets. Each street thus terminates definitively upon this mon- 
ument. The monument moreover becomes the entrance feature 
of the park, marking the gateway with an object of dignity, beauty 
and interest. The conservatory is so placed as to emphasize fur- 
ther the terminus of the incoming boulevard and to introduce the 
park motive, and to add further interest to the entrance area. 
Other features of the design are sufficiently explained in the 
drawing. 
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