The Ornamental Movement of IVater in City Streets 
front. If the 
space selected 
for the orna- 
mental treat¬ 
ment of water 
he at the head of 
a great avenue, 
as at the Palais 
hongchamp, 
Marseilles, the 
m o n u mental 
chateau d’ eau is 
in order. 
The demands 
of traffic tend 
nowadays, espe¬ 
cially in German 
cities, to keep 
down the number of fountains in public 
roadways. The Vienna fountain in the 
Hohen Markt is a serious obstacle to 
wagons, while that at Donner takes up val¬ 
uable space. It is only in a large plaza, like 
that of Brussels, that street traffic and a big 
fountain do not 
interfere with 
each other. In 
Limoges, sev¬ 
eral Gothic and 
eighteenth 
century fou n- 
tains, which 
c logged pas¬ 
sages, have been 
cast out in spite 
of protests; 
where massive 
stone pillars 
stood, there are 
now but cast- 
iron stand pipes, 
with blind or 
Hush orifices for needed water. 
The surroundings of a space chosen for a 
street fountain must of course influence 
the architectural treatment. The Brussels 
monument, reflecting both the Gothic and 
the Renaissance styles predominating in the 
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