ILLUSTRATION 7-2. *Proposed Public-Buildings Group, 1902.* The new public-buildings group, as envisioned by the Civic League, would overshadow in political and architectural terms the shadowy corridors of the Ziegenhein-era city hall, seen in this view at the top left. This 1902 scheme was revived as a major priority of the 1907 City Plan. The public-buildings group as it actually developed in the following decades was marked by considerably less architectural unity, and lacked the central focus of the originally envisioned administration building, seen here at the top center. (Reprinted from Civic League of St. Louis, *A City Plan for St. Louis* [St. Louis, 1907], courtesy of Missouri Historical Society)