. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. ered over an area of about 70 square miles, at eleva-tions of 7,000 to 10,000 feet above sea-level, and at dis-tances of 15 to 30 miles trom Denver. They are opened upand connected with each other and the city by more than200 miles of roadway, of which important links havealready been improved or constructed. The Departmentof the Interior (authorized by act of Congress) has with-drawn from entry, in favor of Denver, an additional 7,000acres for mountain park purposes, which the city can nowacquire at a nominal cost. The land already purchase
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. ered over an area of about 70 square miles, at eleva-tions of 7,000 to 10,000 feet above sea-level, and at dis-tances of 15 to 30 miles trom Denver. They are opened upand connected with each other and the city by more than200 miles of roadway, of which important links havealready been improved or constructed. The Departmentof the Interior (authorized by act of Congress) has with-drawn from entry, in favor of Denver, an additional 7,000acres for mountain park purposes, which the city can nowacquire at a nominal cost. The land already purchasedwas secured on the advice ot Frederick I^aw Olmsted, whoplanned the entire svstem in 191J. The enterprise isfinanced bv a halt-mill levy tor a jierioti ot five years. Des Moines Iowa To the sustained, wide-awake, progressive work ot theCivic Improvement Committee ot the Commercial Club,and to the recent activities ot the Town Planning Com-mittee, Des Moines (101,598) owes the advances she hasmade in the city planning field. With the reorganization. 2>
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