Barbour County index., 1906-06-13

THE PROPOSED srADrtI In AT TWIN
PEAKS |
the city the American Paris In the
arrangement of its strde dets. add the
American Naples in the beauty of its
bay and skies.
The man most prominently sdenti-
fed with the movement fPr the beauti-
flying of San Francisco id Daniel Hud-
son Burnham, who designed the court
of honor at the Chicago werld'k fair.
and who has built MANY magnificent
buildings at Chicago aria elsewhere.
The plans for the ideal SIAN; Francisco
are chiefly his. and how far his ideas
of metropolis with broah houlevards,
and great parkways. hnd Wooded
heights, city of sunkeI gardens, or
airy bridges, of stately gardens and
broad expanses are to BID realized re-
mains to be seen. But it ts moro than
likely that in the mainl his ssheme
will be carried out.
1t provides first for q civic senter
where all the principal city buildings
are to be located and also thd new
union railroad station. About this is
to be a broad, circular konlevsrd, a
perimeter of distribution,l and beyond
this is series of broadeE boaleyards
or parkways connecting the hills,
which are to be converteh into parks
themselves. |: !
About this Is to be tie enci+cling
boulevard following the :shorel line
OF the peninsula. The EchemS in
cludes also the extensioniof this ave-
nue. leading to the Golde& Gate ipark,
known as the Panhandlas the build
ing of a Greek amphith4ater oh the.
Twin Peaks, with a st3tue of San
Francisco greeting the dguhtriB of
the orient. The plan all Fp pr}vides.
| for new parade ground at thd Pre-
sidio and the building oil nunierous
parks and Fairgrounds tht5ughoit the
city. Mr.. Burnham's plan for. the
New San Francisco leaveb Chinatown
out of the reckoning.
Twin Peaks and the prbperty lying
around them would be Acquired for
park purposes by the citt1 The idea
is to weave park and residence into
| interesting and economiSI relations,
and also to preserve from thei en-
croachments of building the hill Dor.
dered valley running to Lake Msrced.
so that the vista from the parks to.
the ocean shall be unbrSken. 1T is;
planned to preserve the beautiful can
yon or glen to the south of Twin
| Peaks and also to maintain al far
as possible the wooded background
formed by the hills looking sourh
from Golden Gate park. This park
area of the Twin Peaks / which in
cludes the hills which surround the
San Miguel valley and isl ,termiRated
by Lake Merced, is a link ia the chain
of parks girdling the cityi
To the north of Twin Peaks lies q
natural hollow. Here it lib Ipronosed
to create an amphitReater pr stadium
of vast proportions. The gentler
slopes of the Twin Peaks will prot-
ably be used as villa properties. THE
plans for Twin Peaks also include a
collective center or academy which is
to be arranged for the accdmmodAtion
of men in various branches of intel
lectual pursuits. II
Even Telegraph hill is ID have its
precipitate sides terraced and is to
to be transformed into park accord.
ing to the design of Mr. sRurnham.
To carry out all the plans old the aSchi.
tect would be a large task inst row
but the citizens of the new San Fran.
cisco expect that the .broad! general
lines will be laid down and then in
the course of time the rest will be
added.