Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . the plan. By this arrangement the breadthof the stream will be restored and its banks and bridges willbecome susceptible of fine architectural treatment. As compared with the present stand, this new station willbe distant from the corner of Washington and Summer streetsabout half as far again; from Copley Square it will be nofarther distant than the present station, and the route to itby way of Dartmouth Street and the banks o
Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . the plan. By this arrangement the breadthof the stream will be restored and its banks and bridges willbecome susceptible of fine architectural treatment. As compared with the present stand, this new station willbe distant from the corner of Washington and Summer streetsabout half as far again; from Copley Square it will be nofarther distant than the present station, and the route to itby way of Dartmouth Street and the banks of Charles Riverwill be much more agreeable than the route through the citywhich is followed to-day. In this connection the plan sug-gests an improved position for the future bridge to Charles-town and a way of entrance into the city, for a boulevardleading from the northern suburbs by way of Sullivan Square,Charlestown, to both Lafayette Square, Cambridge, and theBack Bay. /•/mPOSrO PtKMAMtMT WATCH L C v 11. -S*^^ J— THE RIVER CONVERTED INTO A FRESH WATER STREAMWITH BUSHY OR BEACHED SHORES r - J THE TIOAt RIVCf) SHOWING TCMPONARV TREATMENT OT CAMBRIOGC
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