. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. th themonument to the Constitution Theplanting and roadways of the parks, the architec-tural adornments, and the disposition of the newbuildings, are designed to emphasize these axes andenhance the dignity of the Capitol, the WhiteHouse, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Me
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. th themonument to the Constitution Theplanting and roadways of the parks, the architec-tural adornments, and the disposition of the newbuildings, are designed to emphasize these axes andenhance the dignity of the Capitol, the WhiteHouse, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the monument to the Constitutionmakers, which are the principal points of interestand beauty in the composition. It ia proposed thai the Federal buildings for es should be grouped around the ( apitol; 111 o Executive I department buildings around the White HotlM; and that the Scientific Departments of the government should face the Mall. The centre of the Mall from the Monumentto the Capitol will be a Carpet Of green, three hun-dred feet wide, bounded by four rows of statelyelms on the ROlth and south. Beyond the elms may 1 The Lincoln Memorial and the Monument to the ConstitutionMakers, arc two proposed structures contemplated by the Park Com-ion in its plan for the development of Zbc Development ot VUisbiitotoit 17 be -ecu white, classic buildings. Between the Monument and the Lincoln Memorial is a broad canaltwo hundred feel wide flanked on cither side bydense forests. In addition to the enclosure of the CapitolGrounds by classic Structures On three sides, a ter-race is proposed on the west facing Union Square where the Mall terminates. From the centre of thepresent terrace a fountain is brought to the newterrace, by a series of cascades to a basin of nomean dimensions, in which fountains will play andaround which the steps, with richly treated balus-trades, will wind. L nion Square, in which the Mall terminates,is an important detail of the compositi
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