Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-16
TALK PLANS FOR
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Convention Discusses Methods OF
Making Los Angeles FaireSt
City in World
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point of the Landscape Architect" was
followed by Mrs. Belle Sumner Angler
Burn in a forceful and logical discus
sion of present situations. Mrs. Burn
deplored many of the present day
nuisances, as billboards, etc, and
urges a general stand against the pub
lie swimming pool, advocating the
shower bath instead.
j. B. Lippincott suggested a metro
politan park system which is destined
to make Los Angeles in reality what
it now purposes to be-the playground
city of America. Such drives, parks
and amusement oenters as Mr.. Lip
pincott suggested he says are well
within reach of Angelenos, and that
already plans are we'll on the way
which will give a continuous drive
from Elysian park to the gate of Gfif-
fifth park. This road will follow the
tops of the hills and mountains, and
will afford a beautiful panorama of
city and valley. Mr.. Lippincott also
suggests an elaborate system whereby
all the beautiful cities of the southern
coast should be connected by noun
tain drives and boulevards which
would allow easy travel on the top Of
the Sierra range from San Luis Obispo
to San Diego.
THE greatest friends the park
system has in Los Angeles today are
the water system and Bill Mulhol-
land" said Mr.. Lippincott.
Miss Florence Mills in presenting an
argument for the beautifying of the
harbors and water frontage of San
Pedro last evening urged also the need
of having some definite plan carefully
outlined, by expert landscape archt-
tects, who should be at hand to guide
the way over difficulties and to enforce
the plans once they are adopted.
To demonstrate the efficiency of
proper plans Miss Mills presented many
views of European harbors, including
Hamburg, the foremost port of the
world, and Rio Janerio, with it's Won
derful new harbor quite as beautiful
and as perfect In the way of conven-
iences as are those of older and long
established cities.
Mexican coast cities are also putting
great care on the harbors of the Pa
cific.
Captain Hansen followed with some
harbor suggestions, and T. B. Com
stock of the public utilities commits
sion suggested ways and means by
which the city could plan for better
laws governing communication and
TRANSFORMATION and gave many exam
pies of ridiculous counteracting statutes
and ordinances under which the city
is governed.
In his address concerning radical
roads and boulevards this afternoon
Dana Bartlett will suggest some i'm
provement which will be of great in
terest. One of these provides for the
purchase of property now adjacent to
the Plaza church, to admit of the re-
storing of the edific according to it's
original plan and a wide parking all
about it. This will be followed by the
suggestion that the great hill beside
the Broadway tunnel be converted into
a vast auditorium with bandstand at
the foot.
other subjects to be discussed today
include the relation of improvement
associations to city planning, the con-
gestion through immigration, the work
Of the public library in civic campaigns
fire protection, electricity and streets
of the greater city, all, of which will
be pfesented by men who are especially
familiar with the subject, and A. b.
Benton will give a paper concerning
distinctive architecture for the south
west.