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The first surveyor-general of Adelaide, South Australia, Colonel William Light designed a layout and development programme for the city. This plan is now known as "Light's Vision". Notable aspects of Light's plan are that the city centre is laid out in a grid-like pattern, with squares in the centre of the city and in the centres of the four quarters of the city, (NW, NE, SE, SW), and the city is surrounded by Parklands. ==Light's Vision commemoration== Light's work was acknowledged by the "Light's Vision commemoration" statue, by Glaswegian sculptor Birnie Rhind, which was unveiled in the northwest of Victoria Square (opposite the GPO) on 27 November 1906.〔(The Colonel Light Statue - Unveiling Ceremony - An immense gathering. ), Adelaide Advertiser, Wednesday 28 November 1906, pg.7. (via trove.nla.gov.au)〕 Legend has it that William Light stood on Montefiore Hill (in the North Parklands adjacent to North Adelaide) in 1837, pointed at what would one day become the Adelaide city centre, and said "This is the place for a city". The statue was moved from Victoria Square to Montefiore Hill in 1938. Since then, the statue has depicted Light pointing at the City of Adelaide below. With the passage of time, the commemorative statue, and the piece of land on which it stands, have both come to be referred to as "Light's Vision", rather than the official full name "Light's Vision commemoration". However, there is evidence that the declaration was made from a lower hill near the corner of North Terrace and West Terrace,〔(Location of "Light's Vision" disputed. ) Adelaide Review, July 2004.〕 and there is a plaque placed in that vicinity by the Adelaide City Council in 1928.〔Monument and plaque near the corner of North & West Terraces. (Due to construction of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, this monument is not currently (2013) visible to the public.)〕 Behind the statue (north and north-east) is Aquinas College, which is affiliated with the University of Adelaide. To the north-west is Carclew. In front of the statue are parklands which include the Adelaide Oval and Memorial Drive, and, of course, a view over the Adelaide city centre which is the realisation of "Light's Vision". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Light's Vision」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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