House Cf Garden 
intersection of Broad and Johnson Streets 
for the erection of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ 
Monument. In the May, 1902, issue of 
this magazine, an illustrated article was pub¬ 
lished showing competitive designs for that 
memorial. The accepted one, by Messrs. 
Lord and Hewlett of New 
York, consists of a straight 
shaft two hundred and fifty 
feet in height. If this is 
erected at the intersection 
above spoken of, the broad 
plaza around it will permit fine 
views of it from all directions, 
and, moreover, and most im¬ 
portant, it can be seen, as one 
approaches the plaza, from 
seven different directions. No 
such site is offered anywhere 
else in Philadelph ia, not even 
by the two boulevards already 
spoken of. It has been pro¬ 
posed that the monument be 
located in Logan Square,either victoria embankment gardens, London 
on the line of the Fairmount 
This location, also, is peculiarly appropriate 
because of the nearness of League Island 
Navy Yard, where sailors and marines on 
duty will be reminded of the race of men 
whose places they now fill. The United 
States Naval Home is also in South Phila¬ 
delphia, though farther away than the Navy 
Yard. 1 1 is evident that in the 
section of the city where the 
sailors are, should be the site 
for a monument to the bravery 
of the men who previously 
wore the uniform of the United 
States. 
This scheme for a section of 
the city plan has been adopted 
already to a slight extent. 
South Broad Street is now one 
hundred feet wide, and an 
ordinance has been passed mak¬ 
ing it one hundred and sixty 
feet wide, divided into sections 
by three rows of trees and 
grass. This does not approach 
the possibilities of the mall, 
suggested by Mr. Day; but 
when it is remembered that at 
the Thames embankment, London the present time Philadelphia 
Park Boulevard, or slightly off its center. 
I hat this position is very undesirable for the 
monument designed, will be evident when it 
is remembered that its principal feature is 
commanding height; and it would be com¬ 
pletely dwarfed bv the loftier tower of the 
City Hall, but a half-mile distant. If it is 
located on the site afforded by Mr. Day’s 
plan, it will be five times farther away from 
the City Hall than Logan Square,— far 
enough to avoid comparison. It will form 
a fitting end to South Broad Street and a 
suitable entrance to this parkway system. 
