The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

makes the building. So much is this
the case that Under the rather vague
term of "Landscape Gardening" mean
ing the location and arrangement of
buildings there has grown up amongst
talented men new and distinct pro-
fession. That is the only way in
which such BEAUTIFUL results as those
achieved at the great worlds fairs have
been possible. They are attained by
design. Let us use this design,
so far as lays in our power, to
effect similar results with our proposed
new public building.
If there is anything in this city that
thoroughly appeals to the artistic sense
it is the view If the Independent Pres
byterian Churh from Gen. Gordon's
corner. Let the observer walk from
there down Full street. take a cross
eyed view of the new postohlce The
can't get a good, straight look at it,,
and stop at the Custom House corner,
with the Exchange square up in his
face, and he will get a good idea of
the relative values of location. From
the dim impressions one gets Of the
new postofiiCa in its present location
one is inclined to think it is a beauti-
full building. No one will ever really
know till doom's day whether il is or
not. /, for one, would like to see il.
if only for moment, on a site like
that of the Independent Presbyterian
Church. Just the thought of such
view of a Iretty building makes one
take a deeper breath.
Probably the best architectural effect
for the new city hall would be produced
by letting it jut forward from the river
line of buildings on Bay street just by
its own depth, so that the back of the
new building would be flush with the
front of the existing line of Office build
ings.
The full effect of the Cotton Ex-
change as an ornamental feature of
the street is lost by flushing it off with
the dead line of office buildings. 1t is
pretty and 1t could have been made
more feature of the street by putting
it forward, if even a few feet. like the
ornamental wing of a government
building.
The pretty buildings of city should
be displayed as woman displays
jewel or a ribbon and in the amount
of this display rests to a large extent
the beauty and good taste of the re-
suits. The girls we see on Bull street
with their new hats have intelligence
enough to shove their hats back some
what and not pull them down over
their faces. Still one sees their hats
Jut out quite considerably and the city
tural effect Is generally good. There
are no better dressed women in the
world than those we see on Bull street
The men of the city must not be be-
hind them in observing the laws of
beauty in the adornment of their city
We can well afford to initiate them in
our efforts for the beautiful. We
should display our new building on Bay
street, but at the same time shove 1t
back from the face of the street.-The
the pretty girls do their hats.
There is nothing difficult in the en-
cheering feature of the easel don't
refer to the hats. 1t would be an Easy
matter by doing little excavating
to drive at a moderate cost enough
piles to make the foundation near the
river one of the safest in the world.
A four or six-story building is not one
that has any real engineering prob
lens connected with it, even on the
edge of a river.