City Residential Land Development e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. There is increasing evidence of a tendency in this country to take advantage of these opportunities to intelligently direct and control the growth of cities. The purely mechanical extension of existing street systems is giving way to scientific methods of land development based on a careful study of the probable economic, social, and esthetic needs of the prospective inhabitants. The present volume, consisting mainly of plans submitted in a competition held by the City Club of Chicago in 1913, is issued in the hope that it may help to stimulate interest in the more intelligent planning of the outlying portions of large cities.