House & Garden 
cal example of an unused site of this nature 
is Copley Square, Boston. The approved 
design in a competition held nine years ago 
by the Boston Society of Architects for a 
scheme of decoration for Copley Square was 
a large sunken garden with low balustrades, 
trees and flowers, with a central fountain. 
This latter was to form a dominant factor in 
the vista from Huntington Avenue, but was 
not to be lofty, because of the large buildings 
facing the square, including Trinity and the 
New Old South Churches, the Boston Public 
Library and the Museum of Fine Arts. 
Copley Square is too well known, however, 
as an esthetic battle ground, to demand 
further comment here. Rather let the reader 
turn to the smaller and much easier problem 
of utilizing Bowling Green, New York, at 
the foot of Broadway. When the new Cus¬ 
tom House, directly south of it, is completed, 
this space will be practically surrounded by 
tall buildings. The photograph shows its 
ovoid shape, the main axis, that of Broad¬ 
way, being emphasized by the paved walks 
joining the circular space with the upper and 
lower entrances. It was a wise policy that 
FOUNTAIN IN A WEST SIDE PARK 
Charles S. Mulligan, Sculptor 
CHICAGO 
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