The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

a. undue cTowCiIng ot people But at IN"
very beginning We inust distinguish be-
tween two very Important ,inds Of over
crnwding: Room ovrrCrowding and land
overcrow ding
1h. cause, thai lead 10 the one ~" A.
radically different from the forces that
nave cs,.l-ed the other a. ar" the r"r dies
thai must h.. applied ~ each
With room overcrowdlng. city planning
has little 10 do. b. - serious OWL hnd
a growing one and AN important part Of
the consideration of IN" housing problem.
Bur. | take. II. none Of us Imaginet' that th.
I housing problem and city planning ar"
one and the sam" thing. though they
touch each other at several points.
Room overCTuwdIng. at least a. We oh
-erv. It IN America, - an owl bound M
largely with m. social habits ~ certain
foreign elements Of our population. and
i. IN no way due 20 tn" lack 81 wisdom
with which our cities have been laid out.
IL ~ a phenomenon observed chiefly
among the Italians. and Russian and
Polish Jews. and other slavic races that
IN recent years have CONS. to Our shores
in such large numbers. Il - almost
never observed IN America among the
ally with the irish and negroes II is
rarely found with rariv- Americans. II
il due 10 greed quite. a. much a. TO need
IL - seen not only in tn" crowded
ghettos II critics TX" New York tIIt IN
isolated -AantI"- on oar pralri"s- in
CltI"- uf "a million. and IN tn. faTmln =
country OF both Fast and West WITH
this very brief statement II it, mature"
49, ma dismiss 1t from further SonsIdara-
ton.
Land ov.rcrowdinG - very different
matter. however. II IL very properly To
be considered IN connection with the
discussion Of city planning problems A.
u IL du. 40 largely to tn. improper aging
out II streets and IN. adoption ns the
wrong lot unit II will persist in
cutting up private property into lots
100 feet and $50 feet IN depth and LAYING
out our blocks from ?'O 80 NJ feet bet ween
streets w. must not be- surprised II land
oy.rcrowding ultimately develops. A.
n-ighborhood- chang. and -cense Ia ba
devoted to high class residence purposes
with large front yards and back Ynrds
othe. u-..s must h." found for tho property
with tie deep lot the Necessity for build
ing deep soon becomes apparent; tho
owner necessarily must Use u larger part
~ his land. ia order 20 get "A satisfactory
return for his money. This will surely
happen unless the community II alert
and observes 'hes. tendencies IN time and
curhs them through restrictive l-gislA-
tIOn.
2 So TOO with the great evil NJ buildings
~ undue height The -kyscraper did
not come into being overnight. but was
a natural development through con
gItI"rabl. period 81 time High land
values have rIahe high bindings. and IN
their turn high buildings nave made nigh
land values
civ planning IL vitality concerned
win these two important pkares Of the
housing problem. Unless we max. deep
lots and high buildings Imposslblc VI.
are destined To hiv. land pv"Tcrowding
Jt"-" arc tn. forces which Inevitably
bring undue concentration 81 population
upon land
But oar definition If rpnge-tion still
waits We have stated II 10 IL. an unitI.
concentration 81 population upon land
This implies that ihar" may bc 4 ron
""nfr"tinn Of population thnt IL not
uudU" There II. In other words. great
difference between congestion Of &c pula-
ton and concentration 81 population.
Rt Is because We have failed to keep this