The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-19

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economic and satisfactory transporter
ton facilities will not be provided in
any city until the street planning and
street railway authorities work in CO.
operation in planning. extensions and
improvements"
He advocates widening Of many
streets to at least 100 feet for main
thoroughfares and 80 feet for Sec
sondary streets.
In addition to many changes of pres
ent streets as main thOrOughfareS he
also advocates a new clrcumferentlal
highway extending from Fairfield line,
upper end of Park avenue, eastward,
practically following the Trumbull
/! line to Broadbridge road where it
! crosses into Stratford. second Cir
cumferential highway extending from
Park avenue just -""th Of Merritt
street across North Bridgeport through
the northerly end of Beardsley park
to Huntington turnpike. Changes also
he recommends on Savoy avenue, Cap
| ital avenue, North avenue, Washing
| ton avenue, Barnum avenue, Fairfield
avenue, Barnum avenue, State, Dewey,
Park avenue, North and South Main,
| East Main, and suggests new streets
l.
Johnson's creek. ,
Justification Of radical changes in
Bridgeport's street system is to be
had even at considerable COST" says
the expert who continues by saying
that "the great opportunity of the OUT
lying districts should be also embraced
because the closed up sections can
only be changed at considerable ex-.
pense.'' "a conscious decentralization
should be adopted" he adds.
On the subject Of the downtown
district he says in part: "At the
present time, Bridgeport requires i'm
provement in many directions. It is
difficult to say whether general street
development throughout the whole
city territory, the establishment Of
building districts. the better provision
for housing, or the opening up Of
areas for recreation, is most neces-
sary." a
The recommendations made are the
widening of Main street to IS feet,
State street its entire length, Fairfield
avenue, entire length, John street to
/ IS feet, Cannon street to so feet, Wa.
ter street to so feet, Wall street, Park
avenue, Fairfield to State to 1876 feet,
West avenue 60 feet, Harrison to State
go feet Improvement Of intersections
at Liberty, West Liberty and L1afay-
cite; Cannon street at CORTLAND and
Fairfield avenue; Arch street at new
street; State street at Water street.
Street extension in circle from: Elm
to West Way; Harrison, Fairfield to
State; West avenue, Washington ave-
nue. to Park; Seeley street, Fairfield
avenue to Park; Hanover street, Park
to West evenue; Chapel street from
dead end to Congress; State street, to
East Bridgeport by new bridge; Lib
erty street, Broad street to Main and
from Lafayette to Warren street.
New streets from Congress to
Arch; from Golden Hill to Congress-;
from State street to Fairfield avenue;
from Fairfield avenue to State street
through Civic group. From a new
public landing on the river front to
State street and Fairfield avenue.
OF the grouping of public buildings
which he advocates at the two CEN
tiers some Of the general advantages
fence for transaction Of business; re-
duction to a minimum of the inter-
ference of public buildings with pri-
the early purchase Of land; perma-
hence of the municipal center; room
to expand; a reasonable check upon
speculative interests; financial return
from increased taxes; effective COM
bination Of art in single harmonious
composition; suitable location for
civic sculpture; stimulation of pride
and civic life.
In the chapter on the SUBJ division
Of city land into blocks and lots,
types and restrictions to be imposed,
he offers this code of regulations:
location Of a building upon a lot
with reference to it's orientation, set
back from street, side line and back
line restrictions; size of buildings in
reference to minimize size Of lot and
percentage Of lot to be covered;
character Of building with reference
to determination of zone in which
lot is located, height and restriction
Of use; accessories such as garages or
stables, out-buildings and fences.
Restrictions suggested for residen-
tial zones, first, second and tenement
are: First single family
houses and only one to lot at least
60x12O. Second, residential single
family houses to have a lot at least
5Ox1OO feet. Tenement zone, no
building to be more than four stores
in height, no blank end walls, to have
public wagon road in rear and built
according to improved building code.
On the redistricting of Bridgeport
into zones he dwells at great length
upon the necessities and what has
transpired in other cities. dividing the
city into business industrial, residen-
tial. first and second and tenement
with a large portion to parks and
furnishing maps for the
nroposed location of these zones.
On Fairgrounds he says in part:
s"The modern idea Of parks should be
adopted by Bridgeport, establishing a
greater number and variety Of public
recreation spaces; that the areas so
chosen should be with regard to the
formation Of connected park sys-
tenn: that the importance of the school
building should be increasingly recog-
nized; that the opportunity to procure
a, city forest and other large reserva-
tons in outlying areas beyond the city
boundary line should he embraced.
On the subject of Fairgrounds in
particular he advocates seven dis
tinct types as follows: School grounds,
for small children, play
fields for baseball and other pastimes,
neighborhoodN centers, community or
large parks, wild reservations or for