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standard practice of the day was install street lighting only on one side <br />of the street." (see J, Edward Talley, "River Parkway and the Boulevard <br />System":3). Talley adds that if future traffic required increased <br />illumination, the system would be upgraded by increasing the wattage of the <br />lamps in the fixtures (Talley: 3-4). This evidence shows that introducing <br />streetlights on the south side of Riverside Drive would be contrary to the <br />intentions of those who designed the system and would therefore be <br />historically incorrect and inappropriate. <br />2. There are ten (10) streetlights on this stretch of Riverside Drive; <br />introducing just three lights on the south side would disrupt the intended <br />rhythm of the placement of lights on the street: there would be a gap <br />between the light at 1121 and Vassar Street; there would also be no <br />southerly lights from Golden east to Leland. The proposal would result in a <br />uneven, out -of -rhythm arrangement of lights. In addition, the proposed <br />placement of the light in front of 1121 Riverside would not be of equal <br />distance from the existing lights on the north side of the street (the <br />other two would be approximately equidistant from existing lights on the <br />north side). <br />3. The introduction of such a large streetlight in these shallow front yard <br />areas is inappropriate in scale with the houses. From the street these <br />streetlights would "loom" over the houses (see the light at 1081). It is <br />recommended that the property owners retain their yard lights for <br />additional security if needed. Yard lights are the historically correct <br />form of lighting in front yards on Riverside Drive; brighter yard lights on <br />all of the properties might enhance safety in the neighborhood. <br />F. Holycross <br />404-13-93 <br />0 <br />2 <br />