in los angeles, breed was interested in street improvements, "and the laying out of the city's parks. to his efforts is due much of the credit for the present park system" of the city. in his will, he bequeathed an amount to erect a monument in his memory, and ny 1939, the sum had grown to $5,000: in that year his heirs presented a plan for "an ornamental standard bearing a cluster of five lights at a height of 12 feet, the base to consist of marble in the form of 15 separate seats, arranged like the petals of a large flower." city park commissioners, though, were hesitant because of the possibility of vandalism.