The problem of city beautification as observed in Europe . (a) Wilhelm-strasse, Plate IV. (b) Elevated railroad along canal, Berlin. Civic Beautipication Abroad. See page 29. GEEMAN CITIES. , 29 But usually the City of to-day found very little of note to tlie most part, these cities are constructed on lands lying out-side of the ancient city walls, which have now walls once stood, there are parkways, ring strassen, devel-oped into great beauty. Berlin, the largest City of Germany, with a present populationinhabiting its metropolitan district of nearly fo
The problem of city beautification as observed in Europe . (a) Wilhelm-strasse, Plate IV. (b) Elevated railroad along canal, Berlin. Civic Beautipication Abroad. See page 29. GEEMAN CITIES. , 29 But usually the City of to-day found very little of note to tlie most part, these cities are constructed on lands lying out-side of the ancient city walls, which have now walls once stood, there are parkways, ring strassen, devel-oped into great beauty. Berlin, the largest City of Germany, with a present populationinhabiting its metropolitan district of nearly four million persons,of which about two-thrids are within the city limits, is one of themost rapidly growing of modern cities. (See plate IV.) At the close of the Thirty Years War, the population is saidto have been about 6,000 inhabitants. In lYOO, this had passed20,000. Frederick the Great found it on his accession in 1740,with 90,000; and in 1840, at the accession of Frederick WilliamIV., it had 332,000, which in 1872 had grown to somewhat morethan 800,000, since which time the incr
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