. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. mpson, amember of the Commission, was particularly active in itswork. Carrere and Hastings, architects, of New York,have prepared tentative plans for the improvement ofthe city. There is a City Beautiful Committee, of whichWilliam B. Bell is secretary. J. W. Hacknev, CitvEngineer, is interested in comprehensive planning. Auburn New York. Situated in the very heart ot the lake country of cen-tral New York, and served by a network ot railroad andtrolley lines, .Auburn (37,385) has enjoyed a normalphysical development. Streets are bordered by f
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. mpson, amember of the Commission, was particularly active in itswork. Carrere and Hastings, architects, of New York,have prepared tentative plans for the improvement ofthe city. There is a City Beautiful Committee, of whichWilliam B. Bell is secretary. J. W. Hacknev, CitvEngineer, is interested in comprehensive planning. Auburn New York. Situated in the very heart ot the lake country of cen-tral New York, and served by a network ot railroad andtrolley lines, .Auburn (37,385) has enjoyed a normalphysical development. Streets are bordered by fine shadetrees; slum districts are noticeably absent; there is excel-lent natural drainage, and a splendid water-supply isobtained from the Owasco Lake, which with its 7,400acres of water surface borders the city. But the city hastaken no steps looking to the preparation of a rationalplan for its future growth. No comprehensive scheme hasbeen devised. The city is possessed of only 20 acres ofparks. This is an absurdly small proportion tor a citv ot. AustinTexas In Austin (34,814), the scat of the State University,with two exceptions, namely, work on public parks andrecreation, the problems of city planning have not beenstudied nor their solution attempted. The park systemconsists of 43 acres ot city parks, 220 acres of state-ownedparks and public grounds, and 4K miles of park boule-vards, the latter financed jointly by the city and abuttingproperty owners. Honorable A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor,Prof. Herman James, Edward T. Paxton, Secretary ofthe Bureau ot Municipal Research and Reference, HugoF. Kuhne, and F. F. Giesecke, the latter a member of Institute ot Architects Committee on TownPlanning, are the persons actively interested in localcity planning. Baguio Philippine Islands In 1902, soon after the inception of Civil Governmentin the Philippine Islands, the Philippine Commission, ofwhich William Howard Taft was then chairman, felt thepressing need of providing a mo
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