. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. commend that the wisest course to adopt is the deter-mination of fairly large residential units for the differentclasses ot population and such as will permit no encroach-ment by the different races. Accomplishments.—Greenvilles plan, as a result ofhaphazard growth, shows no diagonal or encircling streets,or rather too tew ot these, and those that do exist are muchtoo narrow. The experts have given consideration to aplan tor the revision ot the street system; to the construc-tion of an inner belt or ring boulevard; an outer belt orring boule
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. commend that the wisest course to adopt is the deter-mination of fairly large residential units for the differentclasses ot population and such as will permit no encroach-ment by the different races. Accomplishments.—Greenvilles plan, as a result ofhaphazard growth, shows no diagonal or encircling streets,or rather too tew ot these, and those that do exist are muchtoo narrow. The experts have given consideration to aplan tor the revision ot the street system; to the construc-tion of an inner belt or ring boulevard; an outer belt orring boulevard (the latter at a distance of ij^ to 3 milesfrom the center of the city); the elimination of grade cross-ings; the construction of a park and plaza at the unionstation; the grouping ot public buildings; the arrangementand design of street turnishings; the planting of streettrees; and the improvement ot sanitary conditions. Green-ville, at the time the report was submitted, was in greaterneed ot real playgrounds than ot parks, and so sites for. (—Proposed City Plan, ShowingParks and Parkways and New or Widened Streets. Kncircling 70 CITY PLANNING PRCKiRESS playgrounds and neighborhood parks are given specialconsideration, but a modest park scheme is oiitHned, afeature of which is the redemption of the banks ot theReedy River. Greensboro North Carolina The city of Greensboro (19,577) has recently engagedCharles Mulford Robinson to prepare a plan. Commentingupon the appointment of Mr. Robinson, the Daily Newsof that city says: More than one man, possessed of both intelligence andthe desire to help along any community enterprise that isworth while, has of late raised the question, What doesGreensboro want with a city plan. The city is built now,and is it not forever too late? Is the citv in fact built? Greensboro has a populationof approximately 30,000. In the year, let us say, 1942,will the population ot Greensboro remain approximately,;o,ooo? If we admit that
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