Abbott's guide to Ottawa and vicinity . e western departmental building, or West Block, contains the Depart-ments of Customs, Inland Revenue, Public Works, Trade and Commerce,and Marine and Fisheries. The building is of the same material as theParliament Buildings. The style is pure Gothic. From it rises, at the Westside, the Mackenzie tower 272 feet) named after Hon. Alex. Mackenzie (seep. 23). Although considerably higher than the Victoria tower of the Parlia-ment Buildings, this is not apparent, owing to the lower level at its beauty of the architecture of this tower, particularly
Abbott's guide to Ottawa and vicinity . e western departmental building, or West Block, contains the Depart-ments of Customs, Inland Revenue, Public Works, Trade and Commerce,and Marine and Fisheries. The building is of the same material as theParliament Buildings. The style is pure Gothic. From it rises, at the Westside, the Mackenzie tower 272 feet) named after Hon. Alex. Mackenzie (seep. 23). Although considerably higher than the Victoria tower of the Parlia-ment Buildings, this is not apparent, owing to the lower level at its beauty of the architecture of this tower, particularly the western facade,is worth a careful examination ; it compares favourably with any Gothicwork to be found elsewhere. The small tower at the north end is called theLaurier tower after the late Premier of Canada. 32 PARKS AND SQUARES. Among the chief are : Rockcliffe Park (see p. 37), rStrathcona Park (seep. 38), Majors Hill Park (see p. 21), Parliament Square, Lansdowne Park,and Cartier Square. The total area of all parks is 450 CARNEGIE LIBRARY PUBLIC LIBRARY. The handsome building of Indiana limestone, at the corner of Metcalfestreet and Laurier avenue, is the Public Library, the gift of Andrew building, which cost $100,000, was opened in May, 1908. It contains45,000 books, including 5,000 works of reference. On the main floor are thecirculating and childrens departments, and a reading room with the leadingmagazines. On the second floor is the reference department and boardroom, also a small lecture room and study rooms. In the basement are thenewspapers, and a room in which free classes in technical subjects are heldduring the winter. The famous painting by James Archer, Peter theHermit preaching, hangs on the main staircase. The library is classifiedunder the Expansive system, and is equipped with separate card cataloguesfor the circulating, reference and childrens departments. Free access isallowed to all books in the reference and childrens department
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