The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

city Will look in the center three oi,arters
gray, one quarter green a little farther
out where the wedges enter the tow, I,
Will be half gray and half green. and
farther out it will be mostly green. and
dotted rarely with houses. Such a ctv
would spread over a vast area. but with
tine swift communications of the future il
will seem smaller to its population than
the parkless congested cities of today
Separation of work city from living
city is another problem. The late Ober-
bursermeister Kirschner stood for the
New York skyscraper for business Of
fices. \ skyscraper plan was published
last year for tile reconstruction of Wen
mas lnnenstadt. No such plans are prac-
ticable in the present state of German
and Austrian law. The isolation of fac
tories and workshops from residential
parts Is also under discussion. Cities of
the future must not only separate these
quarters by distances, but also by some
POSITIVE means of segregation. "Randbe-
Dauuns, or surrounding factory quar-
ters with giant walls, is one grandiose
plah Ihe factories would be invisible.
irolessof Brinckmann of Ettlingen de-
clares this impracticable. The chimnevs
of the factories would remain visible. and
II walls were built SO high as to hide
them, they would cease to draw An
other plan is to build factory centers far
OIL in forests. Westphalian towns are
experimenting to find out what kind of
trees best resist the smoke given off by
different classes of factory and work.
shop furnaces.
Differentiation of city functions ac-
cording to some enthusiasts. must be
carried further. The city of the future
must have its amusement section Just as
it must have its business, its manufactur-
ing, and its residential sections "'rhe
ideal solution" according to a Mannheim
municipal councillor lis to have the
amusement city at distance of 20 or 30
kilometres from the city, with electric
railroads running to it from all residential
parts. To reach the amusement city
would take less time than Is taken in
getting to the center of the business city
where amusements at present eoneen-
trate, and the railroad fares would be
saved, because the cheap land and con-
centration would lead to reduction i'll
the prices of theatres, concerts. and other
entertainments Theatres in summer
would be open air; all halls would have
vast gardens, and sport and amusement
would be combined instead or being sepa-
rated as they are today" Coney Island.
says this reformer. is on the right road,
but Europe must have "Kutur Coney
reereatons and manners.
Many other plans for cities of the fu-
ture will be discussed at a congress
which will soon be held at Stuttgart.
Stuttgart is ruled by a sovereign who
takes considerable interest in city build
ing-kng Wilhelm of Wurttemberg King
Wilhelm is an authority on working class
dwellings. and he says that 1t is a mis-
take to separate factories and houses The
separation. he explains, should be between
the place of work and residence on one
hand and the source of power on the
other Electricity should be generated
at a distance, and transmitted to the
cities both for factory power and domestic
use. The factories would be smolleess
and innocuous. and there is no reason
why they should not be at least as
beautiful as the average house. This plan
would do for manufactures which burn
coal only for power. Where fuel con-
sumption Is part of the manufacturing
process. the factories or workshops should
be separated from the house. and in
that case. says radical King Wilhelm,
the employers should supply free transit
to their men.