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<br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~..... <br /> <br />Figure 8. <br />Gc.l~ebo, Barre, Vermont <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 9, <br />Ga~ebo <br /> <br />could be lit at night, serving as a kind of beacon. Totem, as <br />the name suggests, would consist of layers of information that <br />'give the visitor a sense of the passage of time from early geologic <br />prehistory up through modern times. By siting this plinth near <br />the bridge so that it could be 'read' at eye level by pedestrians <br />and drivers using the bridge, the notion is to provide an orien- <br />tation piece that makes visitor and resident alike more awnre <br />of the different forces and events which have shaped this place, <br />The base of the plinth would begin at the lowest of three tiers <br />that step up to the Victorian pleasure grounds descrihed ahove. <br />The terraces could each configure a different kind of stone <br />layer building up the base of the totem, The main idea is to <br />introduce the visitor to the character of the extraordinary red <br />rocks that form one rim of the view which is now Colorado <br />National Monument. The grandeur of this place is not appar- <br />ent to the visitor and yet, for those who know about it, it <br />is the mnin focal point of visitation (see figs. 10- 14), <br />By building up a stratigraphy of time, layers of rock, then <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 10. <br />Monument, Kansas City <br /> <br />Figure 11. <br />Totem, Minneapolis <br /> <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />