New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-07
WILL DISCUSS
CITY PLANNING
Realty Men Invited to
Meeting of Fine Arts
Federation.
PRIME OBJECTS
OF MOVEMENT
Economy, Good Order, Eff.
CLERGY and Beauty the
Goal Sought.

An unusual amount Of attention Is
now benz paid to matters affecting real
estate. the city budget, taxation, liml-
tations on the height OF buildings and
the like. Al these are parts OF the
general subject OF city planning or di-
rect.y affect Il. IN view OF this, the
Fine Arts Federation OF the City Of
New York is TO hold srecia meeting
al the Fine Arts Building. 2l5 West
57th st. on Tuesday. 20 which leading
real estate interests have been invited
FOR the discussion Of city planning, and
especially the influence Of city plan
ming or rea! estate values.
in regard 20 the meeting Frederick
Dielman, Cor many years president o.
the Fine Arts Federation, says:
MANY people 90 not know what city
planning is. They think il is some ex-
pensiye scheme 10 make grandiose
but Involvement and uneconomical
city. The city beautiful, IS only one
side. and that the less important. The
city convenient the city healthfuP
and the city efficient: are more impor-
tsnt sides. Beauty will make values
under certain circumstances, but we
cannot sacT fee other things too much
FOR it, City planning means economy,
efficiency. good order, convenience, as
well as beauty. All these make values
The present burdens on New York
real estate make il important that
owners should make their land as eff
cient az poss bic. This will necessitste
scientific co-oDeration between the city
and the general houy OF real estate
owners in the protection and develop
ment Of land. That is city planning, in
part.
; The artists and real estate interests
90 not understand each other always,
so we thought we would get them to-
gether for a conference and discussion
on city planning. Incidentally, we shall
TELL the lay citizens about the excellent
wort. OF the Art Commission of the
+ city. which is a body that many citl-
zens know very little about. Some peo-
/ rle enormously think that commission
3 is charged with the duty of city
planning, and have wondered why an
other commission should be formed by
the CITY 20 take that work up. The
work of the Art Commission is very
different. It saves thousands Of dol
lars to the city in actual cash. and also
gives the city the benefit Of the ad-
/ vice OF ert experts without charge
George McAneny, president OF the
Board Of Aldermen; Frederic B. Pratt.
Of Brooklyn: Arnold W. Drummer, archi-
tect; George B. Ford. consutant to the
city's Advisory Commission on City
Planning. an authority on the subject;
Charles D. Norton. chairman OF the
Advisory Commission. and others are
expected to speak. At the meeting the
various borough presidents. who. with
Mr.. McAneny. compose the Board OF
Estimates Committee on City Plan. are
/ 10 be there.
! Among the real estate interests to be
represented are the Allied Real Estate
. Interests, Allan Robinson. president;
the Advisory Council OF Real Estate
( Interests, Thomas VI. Mulry, chairman,
and Birch Helms, secretary, and the
Real Estate Board. Laurence VI. d. Nc
( CURE, president, and Richard .. Chit
! tick. executive secretary. The execu-
/ tive officers of one hundred neighbor-
/ hood and taxpayers organizations
: have been invited. The Architectural
League has invited the federation and
it's guests, after the meeting, to view
the leagues annual exhibition just
opened in the Vanderbilt and adjoining
galleries.