. The problem of greater New York and its solution. New York have manyproblems, changing in form and degree witheach new generation, but the City, which con-tains the citizens and outlasts the generations,must ever deal with the one fundamental factorof its existence; New York is a sea-port. New Yorks original site was fixed by itsharbor; its growth has been dependent upon itsharbor. Could New York be conceived as losingits harbor, it would straightway dwindle to asecond- or third-rate city. While no such dangercan ever menace New York, it is no less true thatany limitation of its harbor facil
. The problem of greater New York and its solution. New York have manyproblems, changing in form and degree witheach new generation, but the City, which con-tains the citizens and outlasts the generations,must ever deal with the one fundamental factorof its existence; New York is a sea-port. New Yorks original site was fixed by itsharbor; its growth has been dependent upon itsharbor. Could New York be conceived as losingits harbor, it would straightway dwindle to asecond- or third-rate city. While no such dangercan ever menace New York, it is no less true thatany limitation of its harbor facilities strikes aserious blow at the welfare of the City—which isto say, at the welfare of the citizens. We purpose to show that such a limitationnow exists, that it is rapidly becoming menacingand that with it are closely associated some ofour most serious civic problems. T 11 E P R O li L E M O F G R E A T E R X E W Y O R K _V__^iGkT EG7TKD LIOTS 5KCV CITl^UMITS of GREATER NEW YORK, ROUMD DOTTED L1NL5 SHOW ;irEVVDEK HARBOR LIMITS. / J. ji? nevAk.
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