The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-11
JOHN NOLEN EXPERT ON
 CITY PLAN City Commission Chooses Well Known Expert to
 Manage Work HAS JUST COME
 FROM DUBLIN JOB Frederick Law Olmstead Will Assist MT. No1en,
 Acting As Adviser

John Nolen of Cambridge, Mass, has been chosen as the expert to sug- gest and direct city plan work in Bridgeport. He will have Frederick Law OImstead, president of the Ma tional Conference on City Planning to act as his adviser.
 The unanimous choice of these men was made by the City Planning com mission of which Charles D. Davis. is president, after an exhaustive investi- gatfon covering the time since the ap- pointment of the commission MT. NoIen will begin work at once.
 All things considered, his qualifica- uons and experience indicate that he will cover in the most practical way the many needs of Bridgeport. MT Nolen will assume full responsibility for tho plans, but MT. Olmstead will be his advisor.
 While negotiations were pending with MT. Nolen,- he received a very urgent call to Dublin, Ireland, from Lady Aberdeen, and as MT. Nolen stated the summons came literally out of the sky for it came by the radio or wireless teIegraphy and every detail of his visit was arranged by this meth cd.
 Later when the City Plan Commis-| sion had concluded that MT. No1en was the proper man, having learned that he was to arrive April 8, they sent a wireless and arranged a meeting, so that MT. Nolen took the first train after landing for Bridgeport That day MT No1en was engaged for work here.
 During his visit lasting more than a month in Dublin, MT. No1en was the guest of his exce1lency, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland nd hi he ar ra7 fCl7~ a civic exhibition to be held during July and August this year. He was also appointed one of the three adjudica- tors, the others being Professor Pat rick Geddes, M A., Edinburgh, Scot land, and Charles J. Mccarthy of Dub lin, upon a competition to be held for the repIanning of Dublin and Greater Dublin, which includes the adjacent townships of Penn Rathmines, Kingston, Oakley, G1asneVin, Ashtown and Dandrus. Lord Aberdeen has of fered a prize of $2,5oO, and MT. Nol- ems appointment was based on high reputation in United States.
 MT NoIen in a letter received this morning, acknowledging his appoint ment:
 .I want to assure you that I ap- preciate the unanimous action of the committee, and that I shall take hold of the Bridgeport problem with un- usual interest. From now on please count upon me as a citizen of Bridge port ready to do all can to help
 John Nolen, andscape~architect and city planner, was born in Philadelphia June IA, 1869. He has the degrees l of PhB, University of Pennsylvania, l of Munich, 1900; AM, Harvard, 1905; also Hobart college, Geneva, IT. Y. He has engaged in practice at Cam
 bridge, Mass, since 1so8.- Among his more important works areS general plans for Agricultural School, North
 ampton. Mass; comprehensive city plans and reports for i'm mprovenl ent of Roanoke, Va, San Diego, Cal.
 Montcaair and Glen Ridge, N- J.; !! Reading, Scranton, Lock Haven ano Erie, Pa; Madison and Milwaukee, Wis: wayIand, Coha sset-and Wa1po1e for institutions under state board or 1 control of Wisconsin,; private place | of A. Howard Hinkle, Bar Harbor,
 Me; Neponset Garden Village, Wal | pole, Mass; general plan for Del Paso | park. Sacramento, Cal: Myers park, 1 Charlotte, N G.; park systems for
 Madison, Wis: Chattanooga, Tenn: ! La Crosse. Wis. New London. Ct;
 Little Rock, Ark. He is a fellow of i American Society of Landscape Arch itects; Boston Society of Landscape Architects: executive board, National l Conference on City Planning; first l vice president American Civic asso 1 citation; member National Municipal
 league Clubs: City, Boston; liar
 yard, New York; Appalachian Noun
 tain.
 He was editor of Repton's ..Art of
 Landscape Gardening" 1907, and is
 author of Madison, a Model City, i 1910; "Rep1anning Small Cities i 1912; and The Extension and Im-
 provement of Erie,'' 1913-
 D a-id flf Hobart college, Geneva, W. Y., pays the following tribute to MT. Nolen: l MT. Nolen has written many arti- cles, published many records, given many addresses, and advised in the formation of many organizations for l the betterment of our cities. His at titude toward practically every civic
 problem with which he has had. to deal is clearly indicated in his latest
 book, "RepIanning Small Cities" per ihaps the most important single con tribution to city improvement 1itera- ture ever made by an American. In
 reading it one sees that MT. Nolen 1 always has in mind in his writing and work, two great essentials: G) The influence of comprehensive city plan ming on the civic spirit. CD The re- i1ationshfp of the specific plan to bet ter housing, proper schooling, we'll planned pIaygrounds, spacious parks, grade crossings, waterfronts, a true
 wage-system and better living"
 Now that actual work is about to begin the plan commission desires full Incorporation on the part of all citizens and they will welcome any and all suggestions from which. with the knowledge of the experts, MT. Nolen and MT. Olmstead, it is hoped will
 evolve the best possible Bridgeport
 plan.
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