New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
TOWN PLANNING AS ART
World Exhibition of Drawings
and Diagrams in London.
AMERICAS GOOD SHOWING
Exhibits Embrace Municipal I'm
provements, Finished and
Contemplated.
TBy Cable to The Tribune. !


London. Oct. S.-The Royal Academy
was the scene of a unique press view
this morning. Seventeen galleries were
filed with exhibits, but in the place of
pictures and statuary there were maps,
drawings models and illustrations show
ing the progress of the art of town plan
ming in various countries This exhibit
ton is held in connection with the In
ternational Town Planning Conference.
and contains plans recently shown at
Chariottenburg and much additional
material
The American exhibit occupies the
largest gallery. and the bulk of the wall
space in another gallery is given over TO
sixty maps and diagrams Of Chicago
streets, waterfront parks and boule-
wards. including many projected i'm
provements and plans of a complete sys-
TEN of street circulation and breathing
places.
There are thirty-three exhibits from
the Society of Architects in Washing
ton, beginning with Peter Charles ZEN
fant's rough sketch. made in 1870, and
including diagrams Of existing and pro-
posed parks and parkways: eleva tions of
the Capitol and the Washington Monu-
ment; bird s-eye views from the high sta
tions above Arlington and typical sec
tions Of the most notable improvements.
New Yorks Exhibits.
New York is represented by seventeen
exhibits Of the Improvement commission
comprising a general map of the metrop-
Oils, a panorama of upper Manhattan
and The Bronx diagrams Of the park
system and waterfronts, the proposed
plaza for approaches TO the Brooklyn
and Manhattan bridges. the subway loop
terminals and other improvements.
The Boston Society Of Architects, Ohm
stead and other exhibitors have a fine
display OF diagrams and photographs.
and there are similar contributions from
Philadelphia. St Louis, Savannah and
other American cities.
These displays, which are credftable.
are meagre in comparison with the Ger
man exhibits. which fills seven galleries
and illustrates with scientific thorough
ness the methods OF administration by
which the rapid extension of the urban
districts and the necessities for housing
have been regulated.
Berlin Munich, Cologne, Dusseldorf.
Essen, Ulm. Frankfort. Nuremberg and
ether German centres have acquired an
exceptional experience in comprehensive
schemes for the development of the
working sections along sanitary prin-
ciples and artistic lines and the walls
and floors of these galleries bear the
record of il in scores of diagrams.
sketches. photographs and series Of in
geniousIy contrtved models on a large
scale.
Plans from Foreign Cities.
The French exhibit is much smaller.
including exhibits from Nancy, Lyons,
Havre. Paris and other cities and plans
Of Versailles. ST. Germain and parks
Of the landscape art Of
the eighteenth century
Amsterdam. Antwerp. Louvain, Stock
holm. Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Vienna,
Budapest. Rome, Turin, Milan and
other Continental cities are represented
by diagrams and drawings Of street and
park improvements.
The best of the British exhibits are
fine set OF drawings and models Of Edin-
burgh and plans Of the garden suburbs
Of Letchworth, Hampstead. Ealing, Port
Sunlight. Harborne, Bournville and other
London itself has 4 meagre repre-
sentation in prints of old squares and
drawing OF chimericd improvements
such as F. ". Speaight's King Edward
place.
Khartoum and Omdurman are not
overlooked. and there are good exhibits
from Australia
The exhibition illustrates not only the
discussion at the approaching interna-
tionaI conference. but the most dif1cult
work of municipal administration IN ali
progressive countries where industrial
Dop,1lation is constantly increasing.