. Philadelphia and its environs . olio of lovely views that enriches the Park. Otherprospects are offered by the upper floors of the east and west fronts; the aerial terrace em-bracing in all 17,000 squarefeet. Restaurants, recep-tion-rooms, and offices oc-cupy the two ends. Thecost of the building was$250,000. A few years hence thiswinter-garden will consti-tute a great attraction atthe Park. It will by thattime be effectively supple-mented by 35 surroundingacres of out-door horti-culture. Leaving HorticulturalHall, we cross the bridgespanning the picturesque JUDGES pavilion. Landsdowne Ravin
. Philadelphia and its environs . olio of lovely views that enriches the Park. Otherprospects are offered by the upper floors of the east and west fronts; the aerial terrace em-bracing in all 17,000 squarefeet. Restaurants, recep-tion-rooms, and offices oc-cupy the two ends. Thecost of the building was$250,000. A few years hence thiswinter-garden will consti-tute a great attraction atthe Park. It will by thattime be effectively supple-mented by 35 surroundingacres of out-door horti-culture. Leaving HorticulturalHall, we cross the bridgespanning the picturesque JUDGES pavilion. Landsdowne Ravine to Memorial Hall, which, as its name implies, contemplates indefinitedurability. What Virginia and Massachusetts granite, in alliance with Pennsylvania iron, ona basis of $1,500,000, can effect in that direction, seems to have been done. The faqade is inultra-Renaissance, with arch and balustrade and open arcade. The square central tower, orwhat under a circular dome would be the drum, is quite in harmony with the main front in. 90 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. proportion and outline, and renders the unity of the building very striking. That its object,of supplying the best light for pictures and statuary, is not lost sight of, is evidenced by thefact that three-fourths of the interior space is lighted from above, and the residue has an ample
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