# Paths that belong together

The previous cleanup did not go far enough. It improved clearance and reduced overlapping surfaces, but the owner's next overhead screenshot still showed dead ends, detached strips and awkward stair approaches. A path can pass a collision check and still look wrong.

This pass treats the Festival setting as connected spaces: the court behind the Hall and colonnades, the approaches around the restaurants, the landings below the broad stairs, and the paths along the Basin's head. Those spaces replace the older fragments rather than adding another layer over them. The visible paving and walking surfaces share the same geometry.

The [terrace drawing](https://cdm17210.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/lpe/id/3949/) helps explain these relationships. It shows a broad rear court and deliberate landing shapes, rather than a scattering of narrow strips. It is a proposed plan, so its details cannot automatically be treated as the finished fair. The [ground plan](https://www.loc.gov/item/2007633932/) provides the wider circulation context. New junction dimensions remain interpretations fitted to the model's current building and water outlines.

The lawns, buildings and waterfall connections remain distinct. Filling every gap with paving would hide the problem without reconstructing the place. The aim here is a coherent first version of the circulation, with room to refine its outlines as better evidence becomes available.

The east grand stair also exposed a registration error: its foot was inside the modeled lagoon. Its provisional run is now 24 metres shorter along the same axis, placing the lower apron on land. A path follows the lagoon head to the existing bridge. The water outline and Cascade receiving points have not moved. This is an adjustment between approximate model parts, not evidence that the original stair had this length.

## A better way to review the setting

The owner's marked screenshot is now paired with a repeatable overhead camera facing the same way. The local review tool can switch between that view, the wider approaches, the rear court and both walking routes without reloading the whole model. Different lighting and seeded random views remain part of the review.

Sol prepared the shared paving and floor changes from a bounded brief. Two trial layouts still looked fragmented in the overhead review. The main task then redesigned the court and approach boundaries, while Sol checked the connections and tests. Reusing the worker's relevant context and one loaded review scene should reduce repeated setup; we have not measured a token saving.

The project's completion estimate is unchanged. The [Progress page](/progress) keeps the owner's 1,000-hour labor estimate separate from recorded AI runtime and token counts.

Walking-height checks also caught a path hidden beneath the lawn. The adjoining ground now slopes down to the landing, and the east stair’s arrival point follows its corrected position. The source drawings do not establish these exact grades. Wider lawn surfaces still show facets and need another landscaping pass.

Focused checks cover court connections, both stair arrivals, the full stair flights, garden seams and shared paving/floor geometry. The public release also runs the project’s required scene-integrity and build checks. These checks do not certify every route or building across the fair.