History of Milwaukee, city and county . ENTRANCE To LAKE DRIVE. NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE AND BRIDGE ENTRANCI I LAKI PARK PROSPECTIVE MILWAUKEE—CITY PLANNING AND ZONING 491 only contribute greatly to its effect as seen from the rest of the civic center,but is very important in respect to its appearance as seen from the west. Toplace it so that it might appear down in a hole as approached along its mainaxis on Cedar Street from the growing western part of the city, would be aserious misfortune. Indeed it is probable that the large majority of people willapproach it by Ninth Street from the Grand A
History of Milwaukee, city and county . ENTRANCE To LAKE DRIVE. NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE AND BRIDGE ENTRANCI I LAKI PARK PROSPECTIVE MILWAUKEE—CITY PLANNING AND ZONING 491 only contribute greatly to its effect as seen from the rest of the civic center,but is very important in respect to its appearance as seen from the west. Toplace it so that it might appear down in a hole as approached along its mainaxis on Cedar Street from the growing western part of the city, would be aserious misfortune. Indeed it is probable that the large majority of people willapproach it by Ninth Street from the Grand Avenue or the State Street cars,so that a suitable relation of the level of the building to the high ground onthe west side is of vital importance. We feel, therefore, that the treatment of the whole space from Wells toState Street at this end of the proposed civic center should be carefullystudied with a view to obtaining every possible advantage of the differencesin level; further, we believe that this study should accompany and, in a meas-ure, control the
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