The Twentieth Century Washington 
LOOKING WESTWARD FROM THE CAPITOL 
Union Square in the foreground 
Augustus St. 
Gaudens, so as 
to obtain his 
advice u p o n 
sculptural 
effects. T h e 
report was sub¬ 
mitted to the 
Senate Com¬ 
mittee on the 
District of 
Columbia, 
January 15 th, 
and was 
u nanimously 
approved. It 
was accom¬ 
panied by 
drawings and 
models pre¬ 
senting a 
comprehensive 
scheme, 
together with 
n u m e r o u s 
e n 1 a r g e d 
photographs of vistas, parkways, fountains, 
and other park embellishments already 
existing abroad. 
In the en¬ 
trance hall of 
the Corcoran 
Gallery of Art, 
where the 
drawings and 
models have 
been placed 
u p o n exhi¬ 
bition, is an 
enlarged view 
of L’Knfant’s 
map, virtually 
the keynote of 
the proposed 
changes and 
extensions. 
The new plan, 
summing u p 
the chief labors 
of the Commis¬ 
sion, is the first 
drawing to 
attract atten¬ 
tion. It shows 
the Capitol 
Building as the crowning feature of the 
city at the east end of the enlarged Mall. 
Around it are grouped buildings for legislative 
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