. The sanitation of cities. ec-tion to go into detail concerning the architecturaland engineering features, as to width, etc., ofstreets. The city planner will not neglect to takeproper care of this feature of his work. The street plan should be economical, and con-form to the topography, with the lines made assimple as possible. Various forms of plans arerecognized—as the radial and circumferential, therectangular or gridiron plan, and a combina-tion of these plans. In some instances, plans areused greatly resembling those of European citiesof the Middle Ages, which have in recent yearsbeen r
. The sanitation of cities. ec-tion to go into detail concerning the architecturaland engineering features, as to width, etc., ofstreets. The city planner will not neglect to takeproper care of this feature of his work. The street plan should be economical, and con-form to the topography, with the lines made assimple as possible. Various forms of plans arerecognized—as the radial and circumferential, therectangular or gridiron plan, and a combina-tion of these plans. In some instances, plans areused greatly resembling those of European citiesof the Middle Ages, which have in recent yearsbeen replanned with circumferential streets, re-placing old lines of city walls now removed. Inothers, new streets are controlled mainly by prop-erty lines. But whatever the scheme or form, theeffect on sanitary utilities should be givenprimary consideration; and before the improvedstreet plan is fixed upon, the design of the sanitarysystem should be completely worked out by ex-perts, and the proposed plan amended, if neces- 17. i8 ^be Clt^ plan anb tbe Sanitaria Tntllitles sary, to conform to the requirements of theseutihties. The sanitary requirements having been pro-vided for, the architectural judgment of the cityplanner can be trusted to produce fine effects—bya proper treatment of existing streets, with parksintroduced where possible, or with fine buildingsat focal points. This is that portion of the de-signers work which is appealing to the is the finished side of the embroidered fabric,showing the beauty of the design, while theunder side—or seamy side—remains hidden, andthe hard work expended on planning to meet therequirements of traffic and commerce, as well assanitary and other utilities, is seldom seen or ap-preciated by the pleased beholder. The appearance of the streets of a city is bestshown by pictures. This is also true of parks,water fronts and seaside resorts, which may con-stitute some of the very important parts of a citydesign. American city d
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