The Washington times., 1925-04-08
CHERRY. Bloom
PROTECTION
PLANNED
RooseveIt Memorial Designers
Not to Destroy Trees on
Tidal Basin

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A.wurannea that the proposed
RooNaveIt Memorial to be erected ~
Potomac Park win rot eliminate tne
Tl6aI Basin or the famous JapanSss
ry4egTv trees were given today ~
cfficisas OF the Roosevelt MemorlaA
Wbiis part Of the present Tidal
Baaiu NAV be changed TO make Wy
FOR the imposing lnemoraal 10 gne
late President, the BODY OF Waser
WIN be made even more neauIi1ul
than at the present time. = was
\. For the cherry trees, ample
,,rnvfsion win be made for their
t~errnlanting so that thar beauty
vii not be impaired according 10
officials.
Present Program.
Hermann Hagedorn, director OF
the Roosevelt Memorial Associaton:
head0uarters In New York. declared
4oIl~y fIlaf the program takes &C.
count ~ the cherry trees ana the
fi6ai basia. Said Mr.. Hagedorn:
ssThe program now reads az fot-
lows: ....a.,
rates. now acts as control or the
currents IN the Washington. chan
nel keeuinr the channel secured BY
TIRE DISCHARGE of waters aof Twining
I,ake through Il. This engineering
feature must be provided for ia any
chai1ge IN the shore line Of the lake,
rerardIess OF the extent to which
the area Of the lake may De oil
minished.
around Twining Lake ana their re-
Election in its waters are annually
attracting national interest. some
rearrangement Of this planting fea-
ture OF Potomac Park should De
provided for In any replanting pro-
posed in connection with the me-
mortal"
Architectural Advisers.
The following telegram was re-
ceived here today by Milton B..
Medary. jr., Of Philadelphia, archi-
tecturai adviser Of the memorial:
Program of Roosevelt Memorial
does not contemplate elimination Of
Tidal Basin or famous japanese
cherry trees. On the contrary It
specifically calls attention Of com
petitors lin the design cOmpehtionl
10 both as elements which must
play an important part In any de-
vel0pment OF the site as setting
for q monumental memorial"
Construction OF the proposed
Roosevelt Memorial win complete
the treatment Of the southern por-
ton of the Mall area In accordance
with plans now in possession Of the
office Of public buildings and public
parks.
The Roosevelt memorial win be
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south of the Washington Monu
menta at distance aeqdN 60 thar
between the washington Monu.
ment and the White House, direct
" to the north. The Roosevelt
memorial group win thusl balance
the White House and the group
0e buildings to be constructed
around Lafayette square, accord
ing to the plans Of the building
commission OF 1917.
This placing Of the Roosevelt
memorial. TO form q perpendicular
cross axis TO the present Mall axis,
extending through the Capitol and
the washington Monument ana
Lincoln Memorial, viii necessitAts
filing IN OF the greater portion of
the Tidal Basin between the pro-
iected lines OF Fifteenth and Sew
onteenth streets, and complete al
teration OF the remainder 6f the
basin by dredging and construction
oe new seawalls.
Two Bodies Of Water.
The Tidal Basin Is to be convert
cd into two distinct bodies Of water,
one similar to the present basin,
20 the west OF the Roosevelt memor.
ial group and the other In the
form Of q magnificent refIecting
pool OF great area to the south Of
the group.
Both pools win connect with
the river and Washington channel
a. they do at present and at the
same points.
fixed by the tentative plans now
under consideration, would be long.
er than the total shoreline Of the,
present Tidal Basin, 1t is expected,
and. would offer ample space for
the transplanting Of the cherry
trees, which otherwise would be
doomed by the proposed changes.
The location OF the proposed
Roosevelt Memorial is established
within q certain restricted area by
the present city plan and any
material alteration of its location
viii result In destruction Of the
PAOROO%0 pA0AA AOA 0GWSbOP"
ment Of the National Capital about
the present Mall system, accord.
ing TO experts. Aside from the
fairly definite fixing OF it's loea-
ton by present physical conditions
there is nothing concrete as yet
about the memorial plans.
Competition Ii Opened.
Some Of the nations most prom
fnent architects and sculptors
have been invited to enter a compe.
tition, from which the winning
design will be selected.
The competition is to close Octo-
Der ], and the winning design will
be placed on puGIic exhibition in
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art within
ten days afterward. The Roose-
welt Memorial commission will sub
NIT its report to Congress by
January 1. The commission now
has approximately 81 .000,O 900 in hand
with which to begin the project.
KING GIRL INDICTED IN
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