Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
Copyright. 1879

The American sculptor Christian Andersen has interested
including and that of the Kaiser
and the King of England in plan to build modern inter
national city a hundred million dollars
really seriously discussed and sites been
suggested Jersey the Holland The
Hague the Mediterranean between Cannes and Monte Carlo
the shore Of Lake Neuohate in Switzerland St Geran
Just Paris; the Marmora
nope and other places,
with your family YOU would model CITY
and how you would build it. you had hundred millions to
spend.
We inclined to think that it would be impossible
pleasing city with unlimited money just it i'm
possible to construct a pleasing language.
language a city is GROWTH OR AN EVOLUTION
LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL.
The best that humanity do improve the individuals
and the cities that exist.
Atlanta has accomplished wonders the way Of building
oils of promise.
Berlin has done perhaps than any other city exis
tenoe in the way of general Improvement
San Francisco marvel of the world in her sudden up
rising from the fire. but it is city for the City
IS THE SPIRIT THE CITIZENS spirit
Fire could not destroy it.
Alexander the Great planned really remarkable Combina
ton of model city and piece of gigantic self gorifcaton
His modest scheme to cut statue of himself of solid
mountain of rock statue vast that the outstreOhed
would support wide bouevards and aqueduc AND THE CITY
BE BUILT IN THE PALM OF THE STATUES HAND
That notion of building city and having the city the palm
Alexander.
ned out the plan he had combined with the power rule others
THE POWER TO RULE HIMSELFthat say plain Ian
guage he could have kept from getting drunk The getting
drunk exposed him disease and disease killed him. the
statue holding city in its hand not completed.
the should combine build model city would
be very interesting, very pretty
But single villa perched high walls above deep
cut street of Rome would supply food to the
human imagination than the entire model city.
And queer little village like La Tourbie, perched
rock and overlooking the Mediterranean would be interest
ing than forty model cities
AS a matter of fact the model city otherwise
know it, will in humble opinion before long be only
DRY like the of the that used lay eggs big your
market basket the colonies of beavers.
The flying machine will the end of the city dwell
ing purposes
The day distant when what we now call the city
will be great office building with gigantic factory which
the workers will fly the morning from their separate
the hills and the plains far distant and from which they will
at nght-lke sea gulB flying to and from their work
Men have gathered in cities because walking painful and
travel is slow Human beings living will the of
the humble kind travel hundred miles twenty minutes or
less from their little houses and their little patch ground to
the big industrial beehive city in which their will be
done.
The city will be building perhaps mile more high with
landings at various attitudes
The late Paul Morton president of the Equitable Asur-
Society used to talk about tearing down the building
which has burned down. and building another building He
said that he afraid of being laughed would GER
tany plan tower for landing place for flying machines
Those living will see such towers and many of them
They will the day when all and women will 90 to
their work THROUGH THE ROOF INSTEAD OF FROM THE
GROUND FLOOR
The high hills abandoned will covered then with in
dvidual palaces and model apartment houses
The city with its dirty dusty filthy, crowded streets will
vanish and in material way civilization will begin.
you want to make money for your great grandch
dren buy hill tops cheap They will be estate before
very long