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This curiously expresses in its 
plan that the monument is to 
be approached from all sides. 
And true it may be, that the 
terrace is, after all, not a fixed 
condition; and if this design 
were carried out there would 
be few obstacles to a rearrange¬ 
ment of existing walks so that 
the required access from all 
sides could be satisfactorily 
gained. A greater height is 
attained in this scheme than 
in any yet mentioned and the 
spreading platform by which 
the design is extended later¬ 
ally upon the ground contrib¬ 
utes no little dignity to the 
beautiful pedestal and the 
surmounting figure. 
The terrace, as a fixed con¬ 
dition of the scheme, does not 
make its appearance until we 
come to the design of Messrs. 
SUBMITTED BY H. A. MacNEIL AND LORD & HEWLETT 
THE MODEL SUBMITTED BY 
CHARLES A. LOPEZ AND ALBERT ROSS 
Charles Albert Lopez and Albert Ross. Here 
is a distinct departure from the idea which pre¬ 
vailed in the foregoing models, and we have 
a shaft of decided proportions rising above 
the trees and agreeably contrasting with the 
rather low lines of the building in the back¬ 
ground. It is upon the idea of a thorough¬ 
fare that this design is based,—a thorough¬ 
fare leading up the terrace by means of steps, 
providing a foundation for the shaft, and 
onward to a walk surrounding Memorial 
Hall and to other parts of the Park beyond. 
Just what importance will be attached to 
this considering of the terrace, or of giving 
access to regions beyond it, can only be 
ascertained from the final selection by the 
General Committee of the design ranked 
first of all others. The author of this will 
then be commissioned to execute it. In the 
selection it is possible that the site will have 
less bearing on the question than an exam¬ 
ination of the program would indicate, for 
it is known that the position of the monu¬ 
ment may be changed to another position in 
an entirely different section of the Park or 
of the city to which Fairmount belongs. 
The delightful elasticity of programs ! 
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