Phe Boulevard Project in Philadelphia 
City Hall Plaza, the block which 
remains upon the west of Broad 
Street would afford, it is urged, 
an excellent site for a new public 
library. Two tall shafts mark the 
entrance to the avenue proper. 
Beside them are public pavilions 
where a chateau d'eau ending in 
a pool is to refresh by day, and 
electric fountains may entertain at 
night. Within the planted area 
upon each side of the drive, public 
institutions and museums are to 
be erected, their design uniformly 
classic and their cornice lines of 
equal height. The scheme as a 
whole is good in design and is 
broad, impressive and direct. 
It proposes that the city be 
empowered to acquire the land 
involved and afterward sell again 
at an increased value all not 
needed for the avenue proper. 
I he necessary sum for this is 
placed at $20,000,000, much of 
which may be recouped, if it be 
found legal for the city to handle 
real estate in such a manner. 
The third scheme has just been 
prepared by the Art Federation 
of Philadelphia under the advice 
of leading architects, and con¬ 
stitutes a careful revision of 
several earlier designs. It has 
been studied with a view to its 
practicability and cost, and exist¬ 
ing landmarks and the lines of 
properties upon which it is un¬ 
wise to encroach have been taken 
into account. The Washington 
Monument, a large equestrian 
bronze statue with outlying 
figures, at present marks the drive as it 
enters the Park. However flagrant may be 
the sculptural and artistic faults of this 
group of statuary, it is a conspicuous and 
permanent feature whose value is not to be 
overlooked in any readjustment of thorough¬ 
fares. Standing at this monument and looking 
toward the city two objects completely domi¬ 
nate the view : the tower of the City Hall 
and the dome of the Cathedral. 'Phis fact 
has governed the lines of the design which 
MR. WII.I.IAM J. McAULEY S SCHEME 
Looking from the City Hull 
the Art Federation endorses. From the City 
Hall, a line to the Cathedral Dome forms 
an axis for one-third of the avenue. Logan 
Square is preserved and enlarged; and 
beyond it a straight line from the City Hall 
Tower to the Washington Monument is an 
axis for the remainder of the avenue. I'his 
slight change of direction is an interesting 
and successful solution, having due regard 
to inflexible conditions which permanent 
monuments have made. The maximum 
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