The San Francisco call., 1910-10-01
LIKE.
SAN FRANCISCO
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Regard This: City as Logical Site
for Exposition and Are Plan: + !.
ming to Come Here.

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+: Alvin Heyniarl,. the popular real
estate man. who has just returned from
an eight months. tour Of Europe. says
that he. found <n7uchs Interest: in: sam
Franctseo " Throughout the: continent
and a general desire~to: see the PAN
ana-Pacific exposition held. here. He
says: i.., =
i: .::'-rahe. European press has devoted
much space. to illustrating and describ-
ing the Panama canal as the open door
to the Pacific ocean. People over there
are interested in the proposed exposi-
tion because of the opportunity it will
give them of seeing the canal, of sail
ing through it, and of coming to San
Francisco by the new all water route.
The two American cities that are
uppermost in the minds of Europeans
today are New York, because of its
size, and San Francisco on account of
its phenomenal rebuilding. Moreover,
il is recognized that this city will soon
be brought into direct commercial
intercourse with their ports and it is a
commercial necessity for them to know
something about it,
Besides this, San Francisco has a
romantic interest TO them as being the
gateway of the : great adventurous
west, the land of gold and opportunity,
that they. have: been reading about for
a generation, =;
Hundreds of Thousands. of tourists
and fmnli grants pour into this port
as%soon as the: ga naT:is completed:
The people of Italy and France: are
particularly adapted to develop the re-
sources. of. =: California, because. of the.
similar ritX of this state to: tIieir:zown~
countries. in climate; in. ITS products
and land forTna tion:..> They: know how.
TO. cultivate every foot of hillside. and:
valley land. make II produce enormous :.
". and conserve its. fertility for *gener<
.ations..."--. i. -, > -
THE effect of such deV eIopnient ca. n
not be estimated by: us at. the present
time, blt.it naeans#a wealth and popI@
latioll' .that"we nave hardly. dreamed Of.
@Ahother. thing that impressed me.
beauty: in: all. til cir cities and the inn
portance OF putting .:tlTis>: idea Into:
operati on in San # rancisco. = : >+
When you enter. Munich: and drive
up: the street from the depot YOU come
to. a great paIklfke: square and# foun<.
tain, ! All about are trees"and gardens.
II. occurred TO. me. how appropriate. it:
would be to have SUCH a feature. at the.
San Francisco, the. foot of.
Market street. = ::
s.FoIlewing: out. the: European idea:
this adornraent: Should be extended: all:
along East street a nd clear| round tile
water front: till. tlle*city is gird1ed with.
a fringe OF: parks =:
with: our :" inconpara bIe climate,
Mar rket* stree ought: to be. a palm lined
boulevard from. the ferry clear out to
its western end. A: parkway should
then connect it: with: Golden Gate pa rk.s
as has :been%pro opposed at various times
...@Paris'.: park: system comes right
down Into the: heart. of. the city. II
does not interfere with business. but
Helps: it. People from all:~-o over the
world. go to- see Paris on .aceountof its
beauty. It brings millions into the:
s. 1T would do the same thing for. us:
With such a great .crosstown: street as
Va nj Ness. avenue. IN: q. City of Europe.
they. zwould put a pedestrian path i'm:
the middle of: it, with "a strip: of*lawn,;
trees. flower. beds and resting places,
we can do these. things now al, COM
pa rativelx little. expense. ::>~
= After" centuries. of existence. Berlin.
Paris and. the other great rfties over
there: ha-ye. come TO the conclusion. tn at
bea dty: pays, land have. made it the:
K keynote.in hefr.ctgicT Development
Surely their exa nlpIe is. worth follow.
ing, parti icularly when San. Francisco
has so. many NATURAL. advantages. that
can easily be turned into beautiful.
features, =. -. ,...:'