Scientific American Building Monthly Volume 33-34 download
Scientific American Building Monthly Volume 33-34 download
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Author: Anonymous
Number of Pages: 70 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781230075822
File size: 14 Mb
Download Link: Scientific American Building Monthly Volume 33-34
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... Kelsey, chairman of the Committee of Experts of the Art Federation of Philadelphia, summarized some of the more important elements concerned with this subject. City making, he said, though a highly specialized art involving many professions, is understood by a few, and many units, at least, of some of our great centers are already organized and built according to really modern ideas. In most cases, however, unity is lacking. First of all, the problem is one of social science, in which public and private vested interests must be conciliated. Of our own cities, Boston understands it best, though, as far as her internal arrangement is concerned, she suffers under a fundamental disadvantage, the arterial system being congested and without symmetry. Beyond the inner circle, however, a gradual plan of renewal has been instituted, and by acquiring and parking all her water fronts, both inland and along the sea, she is gradually extending and perfecting a scheme of development which will insure more and more advantages to her people as the years go by. The city as it shall appear as a unit one hundred years hence is being studied and arranged for, while in the mean time a metropolitan system of units is rapidly crystallizing. More than in any other city, her public domain provides those privileges which offset the enervating effects of congregated 1ife--bathing beaches, bathhouses, recreation grounds, speedways, out-of-door gymnasiums, walks, and drives, not to mention a perfect water supply and numerous ornamental lakes dependent upon it. THE TECHNICAL ELEMENTS. TECHNICALLY, the same speaker continued, modern city making involves, first, circulation; second, hygiene, and third, beauty. Hygiene represents the aspect and prospect of the city, its...
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Scientific American Building Monthly Volume 33-34 by Anonymous
Author: Anonymous
Number of Pages: 70 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781230075822
File size: 14 Mb
Download Link: Scientific American Building Monthly Volume 33-34
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... Kelsey, chairman of the Committee of Experts of the Art Federation of Philadelphia, summarized some of the more important elements concerned with this subject. City making, he said, though a highly specialized art involving many professions, is understood by a few, and many units, at least, of some of our great centers are already organized and built according to really modern ideas. In most cases, however, unity is lacking. First of all, the problem is one of social science, in which public and private vested interests must be conciliated. Of our own cities, Boston understands it best, though, as far as her internal arrangement is concerned, she suffers under a fundamental disadvantage, the arterial system being congested and without symmetry. Beyond the inner circle, however, a gradual plan of renewal has been instituted, and by acquiring and parking all her water fronts, both inland and along the sea, she is gradually extending and perfecting a scheme of development which will insure more and more advantages to her people as the years go by. The city as it shall appear as a unit one hundred years hence is being studied and arranged for, while in the mean time a metropolitan system of units is rapidly crystallizing. More than in any other city, her public domain provides those privileges which offset the enervating effects of congregated 1ife--bathing beaches, bathhouses, recreation grounds, speedways, out-of-door gymnasiums, walks, and drives, not to mention a perfect water supply and numerous ornamental lakes dependent upon it. THE TECHNICAL ELEMENTS. TECHNICALLY, the same speaker continued, modern city making involves, first, circulation; second, hygiene, and third, beauty. Hygiene represents the aspect and prospect of the city, its...
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