The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-28
City Of Tomorrow

4io'ei-'hats Toledo +,
morrow" as envisaged by tbG TO-
northwestern Ohio citys lesds.'
and reproduced on a 81 I'm,
ell of the city to be unveiled ' ~.
July 4. "e's
Produced in New York bv ~,
ers and engineers, the r9p5 aeSlsa'
resents the hopes OF the ',Toi rep
Tomorrow Committee" for '-V ~
! building the city graduslIv Ill. re-
the most modern lines. along
Toledo today is typical Of
fresh water seaport city Of nm a u, y
or so. Buildings huddle Close s', y.
gether under pail of industri..,'
and rail smoke, coal and ore hoy
ply into Maumee harbor tr
Lake Erie, II rail lines inter Jun
the business and residential S;'
tricts. N's'
Toledo has for many years bs..
ripe for rebuilding" said cIa~ +sn
L. Piper, city commissioner of w. w
cheering and a member Of tb n.
committee. VIC
Under the committees nI.r
money spent for inproyeman.,,
would be integrated into a mss t,,s
project of making Toledo the citv
of tomorrow.
These would be some of The y,
suits. as depicted on the seal.
model:
A central terminal in the hs.,.
of the city for air, rail and BIZ,
traffic.
Consolidated freight and marshal,
ling yards,
Express highways, some Of them
underground, to eliminate motor
traffic congestion.
A business district surrounded BY
parks and residential areas.
| Relocation of heavy industry
away from downtown sections
The rebuilding would come grad.
ually, the committee predicts and
the cost would be borne together
by local, state and federal govern.
ments, plus private sources.
| Said Piper:
"The cost of the projects contain.
ed in the plan, when adopted by
the people and it becomes a real.
ity. will fall upon local, state and
federal governments in undetermn,
ed proportions, since highways,
bridges and streets are all part
of it.
Likewise, since Transportation
and modern housing are part Of
Toledo tomorrow, part of the cost
necessarily would be borne by pri.
vate enterprise"
The model, built at cost Of
$3.50. 900 on a scale of one inch to
100 feet, was put together under
the direction of Norman Bel Ged
des, industrial designer, collabOrst.
ing with Major Alexander de Sc
versky, aviation engineer; Earle
Andrews, highway authority the
late Col. Henry M. Waite, railroad
consultant, and others.
Toledo's master plan, the MODEL
shows, is a simple theory-rede'
signing of the business district re-
location of heavy industry.
The key to the sinplicity-'nd
the hub. of Toledo tomorrow-!s The
union terminal for air rail and
bus traffic, planned in the hea0ol
the city.
Rail approaches to the terminal
would be underground, as would
motor routes. Elevators would
raise passengers to the Landing
field. or street level. The airport
design would accommodate b otn
gasoline engine and jet propulsion
planes.
A downtown airport will be pos
sible in the future, says Major De
, Seversky, through Improvements o.
planes for slower and sleeper land
ings.
CITY streets would conform 70
the streamlined design, Depressed
, super highways would lead tAroug1
f the city without traffic lights. feea'
, er street would lead into the e%
press routes via Cloverleaf teFiIF
. mails. r..
Thousands of families now llVms
, in the shadow of Toledos OUR
ness and industrial districts WOua
be resettled in more than SUI.
of residential communities Cav,
having it's own shopping center I sa
other requisites of community l-,.
Telephone poles would dlsappFs,
from the scene. as power lines q
underground. There would De le%.,
streets. since planned construct W..
Of Of home areas and apartment DIS
tr;o+s would reduce thoroughiaN
requirements. x,i4tos
The details, said the comnl! ;.ss,
will be worked out as 'he pi''
are undertaken.