The development of Washington with special reference to the Lincoln memorial (1911)
Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932, Washington Chamber of Commerce (D.C.) · Washington, D.C., Chamber of commerce of Washington, D.C · leaf 29
ves the ideal site and form of Memorial. This site should appeal to the artist, the business man, and to the sentiment of the com-munity. To the artist it appeals because of its beauty and fitness, because it is a focal point ofinterest, because of its harmonious relation to the great plan, its… … Figure 12.Parking the Banks of the Potomac. sic portico as the character of design gives an opportunity for the most simple and refinedtreatment so typical of Lincolns life and expressing forcibly the dignity shown in his char-acter and the grandeur of his accomplishments. (Figures 14 and 15.) The…
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) · Parks · Art, Municipal
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