. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. , is butslightly more than that of .Akron, the fact that it is thecapital ot the Empire State, the oldest chartered city inthe United States, and a city with many historical tradi-tions, makes the discussion ot city planning there ot morethan ordinary interest. The city has officially recognizedcitv planning retaining Arnold W. Brunner, architect, andCharles Downing Lay, landscape architect, of New York,to make studies for the improvement of the city action on the part of the city is largely the result ofpublic sentiment, aroused b

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. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. , is butslightly more than that of .Akron, the fact that it is thecapital ot the Empire State, the oldest chartered city inthe United States, and a city with many historical tradi-tions, makes the discussion ot city planning there ot morethan ordinary interest. The city has officially recognizedcitv planning retaining Arnold W. Brunner, architect, andCharles Downing Lay, landscape architect, of New York,to make studies for the improvement of the city action on the part of the city is largely the result ofpublic sentiment, aroused by the City Planning Associa-tion, which was organized in 1912. This .Association wasan offspring of the Civic League and the Chamber otCommerce, which had previously energetically supportedall movements for the better planning ot .Albany. TheCity Planning Association dissolved in 1914, when thecitv engaged Messrs. Brunner and Lay to make studies,as noted above. The investigations and recommenda-tions of these advisers were published in a charmingly.

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