. Garden cities in theory and practice; being an amplification of a paper on the potentialities of applied science in a garden city, read before Section F of the British Association . m i ???iwwr^fc^. THE AGORA 363 kingdom—or to saunter through the flower-be-decked, open-air market piazzas of Italy. Suchthings, however, are quite inapposite in our owninclement climate, which calls aloud for coveredmarkets. The picturesque open space of barter isproductive of considerable hardship to the stall-holders, and is certainly not conducive to remarks shall be confined to the covering of th
. Garden cities in theory and practice; being an amplification of a paper on the potentialities of applied science in a garden city, read before Section F of the British Association . m i ???iwwr^fc^. THE AGORA 363 kingdom—or to saunter through the flower-be-decked, open-air market piazzas of Italy. Suchthings, however, are quite inapposite in our owninclement climate, which calls aloud for coveredmarkets. The picturesque open space of barter isproductive of considerable hardship to the stall-holders, and is certainly not conducive to remarks shall be confined to the covering of themarket and the manner in which it should be sup-| ported. I would wish to impress, in this relationalso, the view I have ventured to express in regardto the roofing in of arcades. The strength of aroof has to be calculated, proportionately to its spanof course, principally in view of its having to carrya heavy load of snow. Now, the strength requiredis practically uninfluenced by the height—withinreason—at which the roof is supported. ThereforeI its cost, also, is practically unaffected, and remains: approximately the same. Hence, in the case of aroof supported upon columns, the differe
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