. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. ot street system, building a comprehen-sive system of parks and boulevards, and the creating otadditional playgrounds. .All these features were presented,with diagrams and maps. .■/cliofi.—In .April, 1910, the agitation in regard to cityplanning was so pronounced that a bond issue tor publicimprovement was undertaken, and Ji,300,000 in bondswere voted for the city planning work recommended byMr. Kessler. How It Mas Done. —Dallas accomplished her real workot city planning in five months, and owes in a large measurethe success attending the mo
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. ot street system, building a comprehen-sive system of parks and boulevards, and the creating otadditional playgrounds. .All these features were presented,with diagrams and maps. .■/cliofi.—In .April, 1910, the agitation in regard to cityplanning was so pronounced that a bond issue tor publicimprovement was undertaken, and Ji,300,000 in bondswere voted for the city planning work recommended byMr. Kessler. How It Mas Done. —Dallas accomplished her real workot city planning in five months, and owes in a large measurethe success attending the movement to the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, however, has taken theresponsibility for carrying out the details ot the city has taught the cities of the country that large move-ments involving the interests of all classes ot people mustbe carefully planned, and that the mass ot city-dwellersneeds to be educated, and once this is accomplished,endorsement ot city planning measures is certain to follow. 46 CITY PLANNING PROGRESS. Courles\- Tbe American CityDavenport.—Reclamation of Riverfront with Park, Parkway, Union Station, and Public Building Sites, Landing Levee, andIndustrial Waterfront Terminal, Now Well under Way. Davenport Iowa With a large part of its million dollar rivertroiit reclama-tion project completed, Davenport (48,811) has taken agreat step in advance. This work has been in charge otthe Levee Improvement Commission, authorized by statelaw in 1909, and organized under an ordinance of the CityCouncil in 1911. The organization of the Commission isdirectly traceable to the activities of the Greater Daven-port Committee, which, while primarily interested in thecommercial and industrial phases ot city development, hashad among its members those who saw in the undevelopedriverfront a splendid opportunity for the city to acquire afirst-class recreational waterfront park. With the GreaterDavenport movement back ot the Levee Commmissionsrecommenda
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