The “ Places ” of St. Louis 
ENTRANCE TO WASHINGTON TERRACE 
George R. Mann , Architect 
“ Mercury Amusing Himself” well illus¬ 
trates the advantage that would result from 
its intelligent use. 
The same general idea has governed the 
making of Kingsbury Place, which is segre¬ 
gated from the main-traveled roads by a 
monumental entrance ; likewise that of the 
adjoining Washington Terrace with its ivy- 
clad gateway of a design that plainly sug¬ 
gests its French prototype. The plan of 
the latter place, however, has been modified 
by the omission of the mall. 
In both places the sense of newness is 
too apparent to command admiration, nor 
have the projectors availed themselves of 
the gardener’s art to any appreciable extent. 
undesirable classes of vehicles 
are excluded, and the privacy 
of the place is guarded to a 
point where the rights of the 
individual citizen are not ab¬ 
rogated. Situated within the 
corporate limits, they enjoy 
the same public utilities as 
other portions of the city. 
Here, as in Vandeventer 
Place, the planting has been 
confined principally to the 
mall, although the aspect of 
several estates here indicates the effective set¬ 
ting that has resulted from the skill of the 
landscape architect. The same agreeable re- 
su 11 is also 
shown in the 
illustration of 
the delightful 
old-fashioned 
garden that 
surrounds the 
G r a h a m 
H ouse, which 
overlooks 
Forest Park. 
In but one 
instance has 
statuary been 
used to accen¬ 
tuate the nat¬ 
ural beauty of 
a place. The 
statue of 
Ruckst uhl’s 
PLAN OF COMPTON HEIGHTS 
Like the places heretofore mentioned, they 
also suffer from a too close proximity of the 
houses whose relation to their sites is so large 
that a certain 
fitness which 
largergrounds 
would give 
is entirely 
lacking. 
One of the 
most recently 
made places is 
Flora Boule¬ 
vard, which 
extends wes¬ 
terly from 
Grand Ave¬ 
nue and ter¬ 
minates at the 
main entrance 
of Shaw’s Gar¬ 
den, a distance 
of perhaps 
ENTRANCE TO FLORA BOULEVARD 
Weber Groves, Architects 
190 
