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In Urban Design a terminating vista is a Building or Monument that stands at the end or in the middle of a Road , so that when one is looking up the street the view ends with the site. Terminating vistas are considered an important method of adding aesthetic appeal to a city, and to emphasize important structures or monuments. Common terminating vistas include government buildings, War Memorial s, Courthouse s and other important structures. Standing at the end of a street adds grandeur to a structure and legislature and palaces are thus often place in such a locale. A city particularly known for its terminating vistas is Paris where many of the largest streets end in monuments and structures such as the Arc De Triomphe or the Pantheon . The important disadvantage of terminating vistas is that they make Traffic more complicated and prevent a simple grid system of city blocks. To accommodate them large Traffic Circle s or other techniques have to be employed to get traffic around the monument. Cities on a grid system such as New York City thus have few terminating vistas. A prominent NYC exception however, is the controversial MetLife Building which was built ''on top'' of Park Avenue , with traffic passing underneath the building. Philadelphia 's City Hall is another example, situated on a square where Broad and Market Streets intersect. The two streets are form the North-South and East-West axes of the city's core grid, leaving the large masonry structure visible from all sections of the city. |
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