History of Milwaukee, city and county . fairly and squarely on the plateauat the intersection of Ninth and Cedar streets and purchasing for countypurposes the four blocks bounded by State, Wells, Eighth and Tenth only serious objection to this as a matter of design apart from the ques-tion of cost, appears to be the obstruction of Ninth Street, which is the firststreet west of Fourth Street that offers a connection north from Grand Avenueon a nearly level grade. It is to be considered, however, that Ninth Streetdoes not extend south of Grand Avenue, and is interrupted on the north
History of Milwaukee, city and county . fairly and squarely on the plateauat the intersection of Ninth and Cedar streets and purchasing for countypurposes the four blocks bounded by State, Wells, Eighth and Tenth only serious objection to this as a matter of design apart from the ques-tion of cost, appears to be the obstruction of Ninth Street, which is the firststreet west of Fourth Street that offers a connection north from Grand Avenueon a nearly level grade. It is to be considered, however, that Ninth Streetdoes not extend south of Grand Avenue, and is interrupted on the north atWinnebago Street. Unless this interruption of Ninth Street is found to be oulof the question or the increased cost of land purchase is prohibitive we recom-mend the modifications of the plan above outlined placing the County Build-ing on the intersection of Ninth Street and Cedar Street. Street Arrangements and Details.—Assuming the location of the CountyBuilding at Ninth and Cedar streets and, of course, the City Hall at the east. PROSPECTIVE MILWAUKEE—CITY PLANNING AND ZONING 493 end of the Cedar Street axis, the problem remains of how best to place theother buildings, and what size and shape to give to the open spaces, for thelatter need to be as carefully designed as the former. The two most seriouslimitations upon the development of the most thoroughly satisfactory designconsist in the monotonous division of the area into city blocks and in the sizeand locating of the new auditorium, thus continues the report of F. L. Olm-sted and John Nolen. If all streets are carried unbroken across the composition, they willnot only divide it monotonously but will make it impossible to so place any ofthe features of the design as to be seen from Grand Avenue by looking downthe connecting streets. Sixth, Fifth and Fourth streets—on account of theirconnections and relatively easy grades have too much traffic importance toallow of interruption. Eighth Street has a steep gradient an
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