The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11

number Of novel ideas in urban arcbi.
lecture to British town planners.
ID inc schemes. discussed at the Town
RAINING conference were not the
pnantasies or mere Missionaries, but the
views of enlightened and practical ex
perts, with whom the architectural fu-
fure OF the modern city lies close at
heart. That is why several of the
| projects there discussed as applicable
10 London are now being put through
the initial stages Of actual achievement
Huge Memorial Bridge.
Perhaps the most ambitious Of all
THESE schemes, as well as the one surest
OF being carried forward to completion,
is the project for a huge memorial
bridge in between Southwark and
Blackfriars bridges over the Thames.
The new bridge will be eighty feet
wide and will provide a broad trunk
line for traffic from the south side
OF the Thames into the city. This new
thoronghfare will clear away thousands
OF ancient firetraps and will proceed
directly to ST. Paul s. The plans of the
city corporation, however, have one
the vista of the mhatchless cathedral
for which the golden opportunity
seemed at last to have arrived. The
corporation of the City of London,
that ancient and privileged body, has
declared that 10 divert the projected
avenue, which is to be named, like
the bridge, after King Edward, from
the original plan, will add another five
million dollars to the already very
oppressive cost. But the citizens of
Greater London. led by the Daily
News and several other papers. have
decided that it is worth five million
dollars more to bring glorious st.
Psul's cathedral out into the open
space it has so long been denied.
One of the most enthusiastic advo-
Gates of this scheme is the great artist,
PAINTINGS Of the old Roman davs have
made him world-famous when one
ls the pcssessor Of a masterpiece, one
does rot hide ii behind nnsiehtly sur
-oundinss.' he saws. .'Wo in Lon
don possess UNIQUE masterpiece in
st. Paul's cathedral Yet in all the
years since Wren conceived this glori |
disclose the fullness Of its majesty to
the eve The time has now come, and |
unless British architects secure this
it will be n lasting and |
visible dieoya"o to tho nation.
The battle is being fought out with.
in III" narrow limits of London proper.
now known rs the city So in this
PNl"enfN IL l. 1fP FAMOUS clCN corpora
tion which holds ibe purse strings by
exclusive ana iealouSly guarded right
This quaint old body whose ancient
charters date from the dim ages Of
:" "on kings. has remained suprcme In
this nrccipus and history drenched area
lesDite all the efforts of the elsewhere
triumphant spirit Of reform to oust
hem
Conservatism Gives Way.
But even the reaction of the staunch.
y conservative old corporation is
weakening before the zeal of the town
planners. London is so full of archi-
'ectural lost opportunities already that
| project to keep St Paul's side.
racked has little hope of still further
insulting posterity. The municipality
# Cologne spent money like water to
lear. away the houses which huddled
~ close to their own magnificent ca
hedral. Pilgrims can now worship the
Mystic Gothic grandeur of Notre Dame
n all its fullness. The cathedral of
IT, Gudules in Brussels has likewise
'een isolated from its dingy surround
ngs so that IFS enthralling poetry of
mtline may rise all the more majestic.
lly before the eve. ST Paul's alone of
III the grand old cathedrals Of Europe