The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-11-27
kERosHA S BEAUTY SPOT
simmnns Iihrary Budding and Victory
Monumlent Among Many Beautiful
TAiHgs SHOWN by Lecturer
Hvsrywhsrs He Goes.

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Library park figured prominently in .
the views shown by William e. Biz |
Gard accompanying his interesting lee j
ture on Garden art in the assembly hall |
Of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday !
night. Il always show these views in |
my lectures on Garden Art said Mr..
Blizzard. In these two beautiful
work Of art Kenosha has, beginning
of City Beautiful, and the thing for
her to do is to keep it up. just mag
inc the beautiful vista from the IL |
brary building down to the Victory |
monument which could be constructed
with little work and expense, y said he.
In opening his lecture Mr.. Blizzard |
said lin showing the pictures I have
here tonight E do lit with the idea Of
showing the things that have been done |
in many cities of Europe and are now
being. done in the United States.
Bene6cial Things.
am gsing to show you these
things are beautiful in your business
life as well as in your socialalife. A
plan for a City Beautiful should show
how It will benefit the eity#Rnancially
as well as benefit it from the side of
aesthetics. Planning for 3 City Beau
tiful should be considered from the
business side a. well as the social
side. - ...,.,.-,.a,.a.4.
The speaker then reviewed the
great amount Of money which had been
expended by the French under Ma
poleon III in identifying Paris, in lay
ing out her boulevards, her parks, the
placing of her monuments, public build
ings and works of sculptured art. How
Chicago and New York, and London,
and Rome and other American and
European cities are expanding mil
licRs OF money for the identifying of
their cities and asked the audience if
they thought these cities would expend
these enormous amounts of money with
out some idea Of return financially.
Tueurs u Ksnosha
II am speaking from the standpoint
that Kenosha will soon have a city
plan, continued the speaker, and
am trying to bring home to you some
idea Of what will be the principal fea-
lures of that plan. When Napoleon
III laid out Paris with its boulevards
and parks and beautiful places he con
demned a great part Of the land along
the course Of these thoroughfares and
in hundreds Of Instances left nothing
Of large lots but small triangular cor
ners. The people complained that the
pieces Of lots left TO them were worth
nothing 10 them. But the government
SO beautified the parts it had taken
that within 10 years the small corners
left to their owners were worth many
times more than tho whole property
would have been worth without these
things, Now Paris collects 100000
yearly from sighteers who go there to
see these wonderful things Does it
pays
why Americans visit Europe.
Why do Americans 50 to Europeg Do |
they 10 there to throw their money
aweyi We 60 there TO see things we !
cannot see at home Paris, Antwerp,
Brussels, Rome, and all those large,
beautiful European cities recognize
these things and make money out of /
them. Kenosha will some day have
City Beautiful plan end while she may |
not hope to realize $4,000 900 q year |
from it, it win pay from business
standpoint As well as be pleasure !
socially.
A City beautiful plan deals with the |
right kind Of plans for benefiting the /
city both finaaeiaiiy and socially. The I
city plan deais with the right kinds of I
laws. Laws fo- the prevention Of !
crime; laws for the bent methods Of /
education; laws for the laying out Of |
the streets; the zpning system; the type
of lots; and hundreds of other things
which beantify the city as well as
make it i better place for business. 1t
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should embrace . scheme for more at
traetire homes; facilities for transpor-
tation; parking system; public mar
kets; etc; ete.
Mr.. Blizzard then showed $50 views
OF beautiful places in America and !
europe and plans for identifying any
city with comparatively small expense
in some instances up to those where +
millions of dollars had been expended
upon them.
The lecture and the views we're in
tsnsely interesting and were greatly
enjoyed by the audience.
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