Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . K£^ --~«at—<r Jill REVERE BEA( U Terracp :ind shelters in front of thu Bath-House Ul;. ESERVATIOX ag- on the drv sand ; bathers, raft in deep water ^T. 36] MATURED OPINION OF THE EXPERTS G77 when it purchased this costly sea-coast reservation ? It wasthe grand and refreshing sight of the natural sea-beach, withits long, simple curve, and its open view of the ocean. No-thing in the world presents a more striking contrast to
Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . K£^ --~«at—<r Jill REVERE BEA( U Terracp :ind shelters in front of thu Bath-House Ul;. ESERVATIOX ag- on the drv sand ; bathers, raft in deep water ^T. 36] MATURED OPINION OF THE EXPERTS G77 when it purchased this costly sea-coast reservation ? It wasthe grand and refreshing sight of the natural sea-beach, withits long, simple curve, and its open view of the ocean. No-thing in the world presents a more striking contrast to thejumbled, noisy scenery of a great town ; and this being thecase, it seems to us that to place buildings on the beach isconsciously to sacrifice the most refreshing characteristic of asea-beach, and the most valuable element in the peoples pro-perty therein. Accordingly, a third plan was next prepared,putting the bathers dressing-rooms and the necessary admin-istrative offices on the landward side of the beach roadway,where they will be off the beach and yet within sufficientlyeasy reach thereof. For the bathers this plan has some dis-advantages, but the general public consists of the bathersplus a far greater number of other persons, and this third
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