Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
WOULD MAKE PARIS
AS BIG AS new YORK
AND MORE BEAUTIFUL
Would Increase Area Of the City
From 10000 Acres to 100000
Acres. Including Much
Open Space.

Paris. Special: The project of Marcel
Delaney, project of the Seine. entitled
lie Grand Paris" designed to make
the City Of Light rival New York as the
second largest city in the world. is the
most gigantic scheme, since Hauss-
mann made Paris a city beautiful with
a wonderful boulevard system at the
time of Napoleon II, that has ever been
submitted to any municipality. She
plan would result in giving the city ar
area of 100, 900 acres. instead of the
present $4,000, and giving open spaces
of $500 acres, or. il 1t included the
woods Of Boulogue and Vincennes and
the forests bordering on the Seine, A.
900 acres.
The plan includes the widening of
certain streets: a restraint on the
mula that the height should not ex-
coed the width of the street, and the
disappearance Of novels and their dis
placement by cheap model houses, for
which the municipal council HIS al
ready voted $40, 900, 900. The public gar
dens. at present 81, will be increased to
128.
Circle of Garden Cities.
For the suburbs the plan is even
more ambitious, for it will create out
OF the present miscellaneous streets a
circle of garden cities. following the
approaching destruction of the fortifi-
cations and filling in of the trenches.
and lawns. Even further, the plan in
cludes the hills bordering the Seine.
Marine and Disc rivers, and also the
fields about Paris. making them i'm
mense gardens, all united and forming
q magnificent promenade. extending
over Is miles.
M. Delaney points out that he would
profit by the mistakes in the building
or old Paris n safeguard the beauty
OF the new. He says that the Paris
are growing faster than Paris.
and must not be allowed to do so at
ndo The suburbs. which means
outside the Qualifications, are therefore
not now included in the population.
Paris had 100000 inhabitants in 1861 and
100000 in 1911. In the last five years
the suburbs have increased 1870, 600,
while Paris has only Increased 2 1000,
He goes on:
II this growth be not organized 1 N
streets. defined by a central plan, the
railroads and gardens will be in 20
years the dishonor of France, but il
the plan be accomplished it will make
the population OF Paris rival that OF
New York.
Would Relieve Congestion.
The plan would relieve the present,
great congestion OF Paris proper, where
there are nearly 200 Inhabitants to the
acre. while Berlin counts a third less
and London only half. The plan would
also make Paris exceed London in num-
Der Of parks and open a
M. Delaney has ais pointed out that
the liberation of the space now occu-
pied by the Notifications will decrease
the cost, and he suggests the purchase
OF more GROUND han is needed for
promenades, as it's ~subseQuen. sale,
when the plan is finished, at a greatly
increased price. would be a good in
vestment.
The plan is causing much discussion
in the press and diverse opinisns. The
majority think it admirable and feas-
IDLE. A few are iron1c and in%credulous.
but 1t Is pointed out by LIE Martin.
which is enthusiastic. that Haussman's
plans for a beautiful and hygienic Paris
were received with the same increduH-
~ announcement. and In 20 years.
from 1850 to 1870, there were twice the
amount OF improvements made as In.
the previous 43 years.