Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
To Build a Model City.
That Is the Idea Now Agatng Governments By the Time
1t Is Realized the City May Be Out Of Date
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The American sculptor Christian Andersen has interested
various governments including and that of the Kaiser
and the King of England in plan to build modern inter
national city to cost a hundred million dollars
The really seriously discussed and sites have been
suggested Jersey the of Holland The
Hague the Mediterranean between Cannes and Monte Carlo
shore of Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland at ST. Gera
Just outside Of Paris in the Sea of Marmora Constant
nople and other places.
Discuss with your family what YOU would city
and how you would build it. you had hundred millions to
spend
We are inclined think would impossible
pleasing city with unlimited money just i'm
possible to construct new pleasing language
language a city is GROWTH OR AN EVOLUTION
LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL.
humanity do the individuals
and the cities that exist.
Atlanta has accomplished wonders in the way Of building
rising upon the very ashes Of into great etrop
oils Of promise.
Berlin has perhaps any other city exis
tsnoe in the way of general Improvement
San Francisco is marvel of the world in her sudden up
rising from the fire. but it is not CITY for the City
Is THE SPIRIT OF THE CITIZENS and that spirit there
Fire could not destroy it.
Alexander the Great planned really remarkable combna-
ton model city piece of gigantic self Qualification
His modest scheme to statue of himself of solid
mountain of rock statue that the oustrethed
would support wide bouevads and aqueduos AND THE CITY
BE BUILT IN THE PALM OF THE STATUES HAND.
That notion of building city and having the city the palm
of your hand worthy Alexander He might
red plan power
THE POWER TO RULE HIMsELF-that say in plain
guage he could have kept from getting drunk The getting
drunk exposed him to disease and disease killed him. and the
statue holding city in its hand was not completed.
nations should combine build city would
be very interesting, very pretty.
But single villa perohed high walls above deep
street in of Rome would supply food the
human Imagination than the entire model city.
And queer little village like La Tourbie perched
ing than forty model cities.
AS a fact city or otherwise as we now
know it, will in humble opinion before long, be only
DRY like the of the that lay eggs big your
market basket, the colonies of beavers
The flying machine will the city for dwell
ing purposes.
The day is far distant the city
will be great Office building with gigantic factory which
the workers viii fly the morning from their separate
the hills and the plains far distant and from which they will fly
ct night-like sea gul flying to and from their work
Men have gathered in cities because walking painful and
travel slow Human beings living will the
the humble kind travel hundred miles wenty
less from their little houses and their little patch of ground
the big industrial beehive city which work will be
done.
The city will be building perhaps mile high with
landings at various attitudes
Morton president of the Equitable Life Assur
Society used to talk about tearing building
which has since burned down building another building He
said that he not afraid of being laughed
tainy plan tower for landing place for flying machines
Those living will see such towers and many of them.
They will the day when all women will 90 to
their work THROUGH THE ROOF INSTEAD OF FROM THE
GROUND FLOOR
The high hills abandoned will be covered then with in
dividual 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 for your great grandch
dren buy hill tops cheap They will real estate before
very long