The sun., 1916-12-03
CLOSE VIEW or THE ANCIENT
RUNS ON the SLOPES ant
SUMMIT Or the ACRoPOllS,
THE CONSPICUOUS BUILDING
IS THE RARThENoN.

as parts OF a great whole and be In
themselves independently monumental
in character. Nothing that jars can be
tolerated In Athens.
Then there In the growing impor-
lance OF the Piraus-that n OF the
three harbors which was the ancient
port-as IL port for the overland traffic
Across the continent. With the rail-
way extension to Salonica II will prob
ably become the overland route to
India EMO supplant Brindisl. SO the
present railway dcpots must he
brought together on a new and ecc-
nomic site. Side by side WITH this
there must be n new we'll planned sys-
tenn of hotels. In this NJ. Vcnizelos
takes an especial interest"
With Nenizelos the whole idea OBJ
viously originated. 1t Is the material
side OF his dream of a rehabilitated
Greece. Prof. Mawson fully credits
the King aud Queen with their cnthu-
siastic furtherance of the project and
acknowledges his debt to the .Athe-
Man archeologists. jealous guardians
Of the antiquities. who gave him every
assistance as soon as they were con-
WINGED that Inc came as a devoted
artist to their slirincs and not as a
mere vandal wOrsh.pper Of efficiency.
Exactly how King C~onstantine's
enthusiasm will he affected at the
close OF the val X Greece is then In
full alignment with a victorious En-
tcnte Prof. Mawson is too much OF q
diplomat to conjecture.
The municipal and government
buildings are already planned. The
latter will lie symmetrically grouped
about n central plaza. from which. as a
focal point OF a plan In the grand
or heroic manner b~oulevards and
parkways and other thoroughfares
! will radiate. The plan does for mod
ern Athens. a city much larger than
Washington, what L'Enfant's plan did
for Washington when the capital was
for the most part virgin soil. Some
of the alterations necessary will be
radical in character.
One parkway, at the end Of which
the new Parliament building will rise
has been undertaken by a local syn
dicate. as certain improvements were
undertaken in Paris. The syndicate
will get its return through the appre-
citation Of land values along the
boulevard. Embassies M other i'm
portant buildings will naturally from,
on II.
The Athens Of the future will be
zoned for the best social and economic
advantage. Each zone Will have ap'
propriate restrictions. 'fNctories ant
other Industries that make smok ant
noXious odors will he situated down the
prevailing wind from the business ant
residential districts. Labor will bt
given the opportunity to dwell IL
model cottages, already planned ant
to be erected by. h municipality
There will be no compulsion. but thu
cottages will give the laborer more fol
his money than he could possibly ge
elsewhere. His needs as to traAspor
tation will be fully considered.
Manufacturers will find the mali
freight line at the very doors OF thei
> plants.
The relies OF the Athens of Pericle
, are of course on the Acropolis hill
Most famous among them is the Par
thenon, which came down through tn
, centuries all but unmarried until 1887
when a Venetian bomb reached
Turkish powder magazine In tn
: temple. and the damage now observ
: able resulted. The ParthenOn ais
bears scars OF shen fire In a later wal
Prof. Mawson smiles as he remind
: Americans that the shells were iron
I German guns.
l The land surrounding the Acropoli
hill IN historic ground. and 1t IL a
= present covered by a slum district wit
dwellings little better than shantie,
g which obstruct the view ~ the hi
= from any prospect in the city and dc
Q tract from It's grandeur. They will b
cleared completely. ~ the distrl,