Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-02

affecting what sort of streets result.
the locations. I'm the end, influencing
conditions of life in communities.
Streets once placed" Mr.. Olmsted
said. ARE practically never changed.
The kinds Of occupations that are hous-
ed in the streets may change. but the
streets and dimensions of lots are per-
ma nent. and these we must study and. II
possible. control"
Mrs. John d. Sherman of Chicago. ILL.,,
chairman of the conservation commit
tee of the General Federation of Wom-
ems Clube delivered g. greeting. War
rem H. n. inning Of Boston. Mass, pres
ident of the American Society of Land
scape Architects, and Clinton Rogers
Woodruff Of Philadelphia, secretary OF
the National Municipal League. spoke
in behalf of their organizations.
Thomas Shallcross. 5r.. president OF
tate Exchanges. delivered an address.
in which he said, in part:
Must Look at Both Sides.
The broad subject of city beautify-
ing and city planning has claimed the
attention of real estate brokers' or
CARNATIONS the country over for many
years past, but we are forced to view
same both from the standpoint of the
architect and the effect on our bank
balances, which, 1 feel, brings US just
little closer to it's many problems
than any of the other organizations
whose attention it claims.
Il have never yet visited an Amerl-
can city where in day OF observation
could not locate shining examples, on
the one hand. of development by men
who were too deeply imbued with the
artistic and lost sight of the CONNER
cial, and, on the other, by that too
great a class which entirely loses all
hoo 1ntf I'D
our most beautiful cities with what a
printer would call pied" areas Either
of the above conditions is equally un.
desirable in the healthy natural
growth of a city. This. however. is not
entirely the fault of either of the
classes of developers.
1.-The municipal ordinances in many OF
our cities are very faulty ana DO NOT
offer proper protection to the one class
or proper prohibition against the
other; or has the public sentiment Of
the communities backed the one, nor
condemned the other, at least until IL
is too late.
ut has accordingly always seemed to
me to be largely a matter of educating
the masses of owners and home buyers,
through such organizations as yours,
up to a proper appreciation OF their sur
roundings and the guarantee of same
for all time.
When Problem Is Complex.
'1f title to all of the open ground i'm
mediately surrounding the built-up por-
ton of any city was held by one owner
or combination of owners, the problem
of artistically, as well as practically,
extending the city would be an easy
one. but with many owners of varying
ideals and different financial needs the
problem becomes a complex one. 1t
takes a good area to really establish
neighborhood. and it is often very diff
fcult to convince a number of owners
of various sized tracts of the advan-
tags of mutual selling restrictions,
which is, after all, the only solution. 1
will quote from Mr.. Ninde's report at
our last annual convention, which
shows the spirit with which we ap-
proach the all-important subject of city
planning:
sordid considerations that this venture
will be profitable to US as real estate
men, that it will be beneficial to US as
citizens, and that it means the saliva
ton of our children, let US enter upon
the civic crusade with our broad prac-
teal knowledge of the needs of our
cities: let us inaugurate campaign of
publicity such as we would use in SELL
ing out a million-dollar subdivision;
and let US fill the mind OF the public
with the immense practical benefits
city planning"
".As a people we are demanding more
and more of the blending of the artistic
in our utilities. A bridge or viaduct
that will carry the traffic for which
be along artistic lines and even pos
sibly decorative, and with the ever-in-
creasing ratio of urban life. this spirit
will grow in proportion.