Chicago, a history and forecast . invites in the natureof its principles. The memorial as proposed would be for the most partbeyond the railroad tracks and would fit in as an in-tegral part of the park plan. The site of the memorialwould be on the central axial line, that is, on CongressStreet extended, of the whole arrangement of the planof the city of Chicago, as place of honor standing first. Memoriars Stately Setting Victory Concourse The idea calls for a plaza on Michigan Avenue westof the tracks, which might be known as Michigan Place,and could extend on a great causeway to the east. Her
Chicago, a history and forecast . invites in the natureof its principles. The memorial as proposed would be for the most partbeyond the railroad tracks and would fit in as an in-tegral part of the park plan. The site of the memorialwould be on the central axial line, that is, on CongressStreet extended, of the whole arrangement of the planof the city of Chicago, as place of honor standing first. Memoriars Stately Setting Victory Concourse The idea calls for a plaza on Michigan Avenue westof the tracks, which might be known as Michigan Place,and could extend on a great causeway to the east. Herewould be raised the memorial. Its setting would be theplace of assembly 900 feet by 450 feet wide, to be known 171 as the Victory Concourse, the latter surrounded bymonuments, the chief of these to be known as the Me-morial Arch, with colonnades or peristyles to be erectedto the men and women of the war. This motif runningparallel to Michigan Avenue and visible from it wouldconsist of colonnades, each about 250 feet long, and a. A view from the air, looking toward the lake, of Chicagosintensely developed Loop. In the middle ground is a greatbusiness house of famous name, with the NorthwesternRailway Station lying nearer the observer. Distant to thefar right is the Field Museum. New bascule bridges spanthe Chicago River. Dimly on the citys lake edge stretchesGrant Park, rich in the potentialities of beauty and view is declared the first aerial picture of the entirecentral business district. Photographed and copyrighted by Ralph C. Diggins Co. central arch on the axial line of Congress Street and ofsomewhat the general proportions of the worlds mostmajestic structure of its kind, the Arch of Triumph inParis. A Splendid Proposal The commemorative monument proper would rise to aheight of about 14-0 feet. Within the arch and the peri-styles, and in its sculptured surfaces and groups, theevents of the war would be commemorated and the 172 names of the dead inscribed. At
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