The Twentieth Century Washington 
THE MONUMENT FROM THE EAST 
tion ot the former was too great to admit of 
deflecting the center lines of the treatment 
making a false axis with the White House. 
That building has been left unchanged and 
the adherence to it appears to be a happy 
circumstance, for the principal treatment at 
right angles with the Mall proposes a group 
ot buildings for Executive Departments to 
be arranged around Lafayette Square in prox¬ 
imity to the President’s house. The grounds 
south of this house, known as “ The White 
Lot,” are so planted with four rows of trees 
that an uninterrupted view is had between 
them across its broad circle of grass, through 
the low garden by the Monument, to the 
Washington Common and the river beyond. 
The Washington Common lies south of 
the Monument Garden, directly in line with 
THE NEW MALL 
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