. 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 /Charles William Eliot. aced offices anddressing-rooms just where they would conceal from visitorsarriving at the plaza the long sweep of the open beach, whichis the finest thing about the reservation. (3) It placed thenecessarily ugly yards of dressing-rooms where they would bemost conspicuous in all views from the further parts of thebeach, and from the driveway at the top of the beach. To correct these imperfections of the f
. 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 /Charles William Eliot. aced offices anddressing-rooms just where they would conceal from visitorsarriving at the plaza the long sweep of the open beach, whichis the finest thing about the reservation. (3) It placed thenecessarily ugly yards of dressing-rooms where they would bemost conspicuous in all views from the further parts of thebeach, and from the driveway at the top of the beach. To correct these imperfections of the first scheme, anotherplan was devised. In this plan the administration officeswere brought together in the middle, the yards of dressing-rooms were attached on either hand, and terraces for the useof the general public were added at the ends. Thus theadministration was concentrated, the general public was pro-vided with good view points, and the dressing-rooms wereconcealed behind the partly double-decked terraces. The second plan was a great improvement on the first, butagain we found it subject to grave fundamental was it that the metropolitan district sought to secure. ESERVATION ng on the dry sand ; bathers, raft in deep water ^t. 36] MATURED OPINION OF THE EXPERTS 677 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 wi
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