Chicago, a history and forecast . 12, the Knightsof Pythias celebration aJ 1917, a review of the draftarmy, war exposition in 1918, -with an attendance ofover one and one-half rillion, and the armistice daycelebration. Grant Pai v is an indispensable utilityemerging into a state of o[der and beauty. One obvioususe of this area, as proven by int.^usive current practice,will be its many-sided service as an athletic field. Features of Superb Improvement By the provisior of the Chicago Plan a broad streetwould be cut th igh G^ant Park opposite Congress 166 Street, bridging it across the railroad,
Chicago, a history and forecast . 12, the Knightsof Pythias celebration aJ 1917, a review of the draftarmy, war exposition in 1918, -with an attendance ofover one and one-half rillion, and the armistice daycelebration. Grant Pai v is an indispensable utilityemerging into a state of o[der and beauty. One obvioususe of this area, as proven by int.^usive current practice,will be its many-sided service as an athletic field. Features of Superb Improvement By the provisior of the Chicago Plan a broad streetwould be cut th igh G^ant Park opposite Congress 166 Street, bridging it across the railroad, and expandingMichigan Boulevard into a large plaza almost to thetracks. In this situation Chicago should look for impor-tant adornment in sculpture, and in the broad placesfollowing this imposing entrance to the Lake Park. Onthe east of the tracks are other places for sculp-ture, and here would be the concourse laid out almostsquare and approached through little wooded levels are planned, each leading down toward the. This air view embraces the Grant Park area under develop-ment after the Chicago Plan. A few years will transformthis area into the worlds most splendid water front. For thenear side of the massive Field Museum is planned a spaciousand architecturally important stadium. Permission of Ralph C. Diggins Company. lake, giving a finer view of it than can be found any-where on the present lake front. Trees would surroundthe concourse on all sides providing natural openingsfor large pieces of statuary, and it is believed by land-scape architects that statues of Washington and Lincolnwould fit in here most appropriately. The dimensionsof this concourse or plaza would be 900 by 500 would be provision for several small play-fieldsand parking space for automobiles, and at the north andsouth ends of the lake shore would be facilities for boathouses, and to cut off the park from the commercial en-terprises between it and the Municipal Pier on the north 1
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