The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-19
a GRAND SYSTEM OF PARKS.
Views of Members of the American
Institute Of Architects.

4 subcommittee OF The Senate Com
miTtee on the District of Columbia. ap-
pointed by a resolution adopted during
the last session Of the Senate, today gave
4 hearing on the Improvement and devel-
opnent OF the park system of the District
of Columbia.
only two members of the committee
were present. Messrs- GaHinger and he
MILAN, and a committee from the Amer
lean Institute of architects was exam
med as TO ideas and suggestions for i'm
provements-
The committee consisted of the follow
ing architects: William A Boreing. OF
New York, chairman; Glenn Brown. Of
Washington, secretary; Robert S. Pea
body. President OF the American Insti-
tute of Architects, E 6 Green Of Buff
faIo; George Is. Post, OF New York; c.
F. Shepley. OF Boston; Frank Mills Day
or Philadelphia. r /. Olmstead. of Bos-
ton; J. c. Hornblower, and James G. Hill,
of Washington
Mr.. Boreing made a long statement as
representing the ideas Of the committee.
Mr. Mcmillan said that this was simply
4 preliminary meeting to get together and
form some plan OF procedure.
Other architects were heard and il was
decided to prepare plans for Il general
park scheme, these plans to be submit
ted to the District Committees of both
the House and Senate in December. The
plans Will include parks. bouIevards. and
statuary.
The Architects committee suggested
that a committee Of three be appointed to
prepare these plans and this will be done.
The committee will consist OF F. /. DIM
stead, of Boston, as the landscape archf-
tect: Architect Burnham, who drew the
successful plans for the Worlds Fair
buildings, as the statuary and boulevard
architect, and one other yet to be chosen.
Those present We're Of one opinion as
10 the scheme for identifying the CITY
and predict great results
Architect Shepley. of Boston. described
the public gardens IN that city and told
of their creation. He referred TO the
lakes and many features which could
easily be arranged throughout the Dis
trict of Columbia
The plans which will be presented TO
Congress in December will include q PARK
system covering every portion of the Dis
trict. The Mall viii be converted into a
national park extending from the Capitol
to the Monument and from PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue to B Street southwest. This will
be laid out in magnificent style with
Statuary.
From the Monument TO the proposed
Memorial Bridge Will extend another
park. and it is The intention OF the archi-
tects to make this the most beautiful of
its kind in the world.
\ magnificent boulevard will stretch
from the Memorial Bridge across the CITY
to the Geological Park Nature Will be
aided in every way To add to the effect
The smaller parks Will be laid out anew
and fountains, lakes, miniature bridges,
and grottoes added The total cost of
the work Will exceed 81. geo 600, but in
the opinion of the achjtects present, who
represented the best in the United States,
the money Will be well spent.
At the next meeting of the American
Institute of Architects the mat er viii
be taken Hp, and every member of . he
body requested TO send in ideas and
plans. From the whole scheme a park
system which viii be q model for the
whole world is expected.
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