The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-22
THE BURNHAM PLAN.

yesterday Daniel urnham beuifer whose genius the plan
owes its details the man Chicago He
scheme of municipal adonen
being followed Washington In 1894 he was called to San %
studying the situation Twin Peaks and the
ground devised comprehensive plan which the earthquake and
fire have finally put Francisc n of fulfilling
Burntam and his work which appeared sme
BURMA proposals.
what he calls the 'eiv center
civic center the capitol San Francisco to be !" the nee
boood of the city hub of the town. from
great rdate with ns subordinate lsn various
parts be taken general
enng boulevard giving access to all ncrs the ey
through the congested districts the main
feature plan built peninsula with water on
planned enrdlng boulevard broad dgnhed
and continuous driveway skipg the
planned centr separated by bOuvards
nclosng the civic r-that part of the city
plays in civic es located at or near the
geographical the necessarily must be so made as to
confor o shape of the city
From the inner bouea be
surrounding They to traverse in
bOulevards and finally reach the center or
ers thus forming continuous streets reaching from one sue Oh
section of the city has been built up
further development beyond the present boundaries VIII
communication there only three
and the circulation of supplies from the % TO
the suburbs sand country beyond
1t intended proposed continuation
Real has been proposed to build
corresponding importance The civic center
s % G a wi h eens tho distribution of groups of buildings
hail. court of Justice
appraisers building state building government building and
postom plans have been made group buildings public
private and of civic interest relating to matters
literary professional and religious Some these prob
ably library house. hail. municipal theater academy
of natural his
tory music exhib anda assembly
buildings, relation shall
the permeer of distribution and the rada
particularly public places formed by their intersections The
plans settings contributing public and
celebrations 1t has been considered that
being from the rush business activity these buildings will gain
repose pub nibty the dignity and response
bli citizenship this will be placed the
railway vtiu the heart of the city 1t is in
shall be grouped
the with py of for vehicles coming and
available the location and growth
of working portion of freight
admit of indefinite
EXPANSION and connected with complete system of
other by broad Oadwoys 1t is
planned directly
possible trade districts and the manufacturing quarter
quarter within This district follows in
general growth which limited by the
sleeper grades of the contours Ten miles of water front possessed by San
by architects will be inadequate the needs of the
Although nothing check its expansion down the eastern
bay shore the value of the frontage decreases in ratio to the distance of its
the city is therefore considered
develop possible the front extending from the ferries
Point docks inOsed by WALL be used to
triple, even quadruple, exten of
Where the outer bOcvars follow the wall will be necessary to
, ~ % wh ~ I ~ tt ~ r NY ,s y s sti % it th ~ t M I,o.arS
bathing beaches both nosed and air The boulevard
ranges interfering provisions shipping
underground Ahbuy Heights
city provided transportation
shall be The includes
underground roads right angles Where
grades and roadwas extending around hills encountered
subway might be built gallery below the
built roadway
comprise exchanges general
1t planned to have it easily accessible
retail and also the administrative
which
vehicles In the form of series of probably will be
planned make the easiest cities the world
The park the adomeut of the by planting
the uniform height buildings specified
public
that made the rebuilding
anybody realized that would be rebuild planned
mako the chains beautiful examples tho
where people might walk with comfort and whore children could
danger Of ua@e has toeo suggested that t ke coma
Baden which probably will become crntors
which the civic buildings There many steep
Francisco IN PLACES lhe ad m al
disregard for che ronhgmaiion of o landscape @
u suggested that oeh h succession of h ceumscrhel N
sih Tlm rrul repeated various height