. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. has been carriedall along the city front, with steps leading down to thewaters edge, and with sockets tor lights to be put in placebetween high-water periods. Flood-Prevention.—By a dam across the river, a greatriver water basin has been formed where formerly therewas only a bare river-bed during the dry season. .A systemof parks has been carried around the city, with the excep-tion of a small section that has not yet been this system, to the north of the built-up area, is a greatcountry park filled with beautiful trees. In this
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. has been carriedall along the city front, with steps leading down to thewaters edge, and with sockets tor lights to be put in placebetween high-water periods. Flood-Prevention.—By a dam across the river, a greatriver water basin has been formed where formerly therewas only a bare river-bed during the dry season. .A systemof parks has been carried around the city, with the excep-tion of a small section that has not yet been this system, to the north of the built-up area, is a greatcountry park filled with beautiful trees. In this park agreat swamp area has been developed in such a way thatfloods formerly causing great damage in the Paxton CreekValley (extending the entire length ot the city) are nowpermanently controlled. The riverfront has been acquired,from the shore drive to the waters edge, tor several miles,including a section ot rather unattractive buildings whichwill soon be destroyed. The Park System.—The park system includes a high CIIV \NIN(; PROCiRKSS 7J. Hakri-sburg.—Riverfront, Luukiiiy; Nurth truiii W .limit city has made remarkable progress in recent years in many lines of civic improvement, but in none more than in the reclama-tion and development of the riverfront for park purposes. An intercepting sewer is built below the w-ide concrete promenatie at thewaters edge, shown above. ridge in the center of the great valley within which thecit) and its adjacent territory lies. From this park ridge view is to be secured of the valleys and rivers, of the mountains, with the great Cumberland Moun-tain gap. Lunti Siibtiivision.—In the work of development, about1,000 acres have been subdivided tor residential purposes,with roads and reservations, all made to fit into the planof the city and its park systems. The deep cuts and fillson the irregular land, for which the old rectilinear plan wasresponsible in many places, have been avoided. Cooperation oj the Peop
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