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Caption: Book - 30 Year Master Plan (Tilton & O'Donnell)
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XI A LETTER FROM MR. PLATT CONCERNING DESIGN OF NEW LIBRARY 1923 October 29,1923 Professor James M. White, Supervising Architect, University of Illinois DEAR PROFESSOR WHITE: I am sending you today the revised design for the Library showing a front without the central feature as shown on the original perspective. I have come to this gradually and now feel that it is the only logical design for this facade. It gives an essentially regular spacing of windows in the main reading room,which is of course the architectural feature of the interior of the building. Perhaps you will recall that the first design I sent was based on building of a cornice line about four feet higher than the one we now have adopted and I found that when trying to adapt the gable to this low cornice, the central figure became too squat. That is what started me on this scheme, the design of which I am sending you today. I am sending also blue prints showing the window spacing and its effect on the interior. Also a study for the treatment of the stair-case. I shall have to ask you to return the latter drawing to me because I shall need it in working up the detail. I have no copy of it. I shall be glad to have at your early convenience the necessary data for me to proceed with the working drawings of this building. I understand that your engineer has been at work on it for some time. You can probably give me the preliminary data on it which will start me off. Faithfully, CHARLES A. PLATT 220
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