The Architectural Exhibition in Philadelphia 
DESIGN FOR A HOTEL AND THEATRE—PLAN 
Washington Hull, Architect 
gives as the object of the design a proposed 
more direct connection of the city of Bor¬ 
deaux with the sea than it now has by means 
of the devious Garonne. Inventiveness in 
the architectural scheme is chiefly centered 
upon placing in juxtaposition monumental 
and commercial buildings, and in contriving 
roadways for the free passage of traffic and 
freight underneath a large esplanade devoted 
to the former. This plaza is arranged in the 
form of a quadrangle surrounding a Bourse 
Maritime. A spacious avenue flanked by 
magasins de vente, comptoirs, etc., carries 
the eye from this civic center to the canal 
where the view is ended by a graceful gare 
maritime upon the brink of the canal. An 
elevated boulevard lined with rows of trees 
preserves the water front of the city from 
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