. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. semi-publicbuildings, the exact plan tor these not having yet beendefinitely decided upon, but it is proposed to locate anacademy of sciences, a municipal casino, and a new unionstation upon part of this land. Riverfro7it Development.—The ground reclaimed for parkpurposes is but a portion of the entire project. A large partof the work of the Commission lies back of the river andabove the present park area. During the summer ot 1916,and in the current year, the Commission is building acommercial levee, approximately 800 teet long and about250
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. semi-publicbuildings, the exact plan tor these not having yet beendefinitely decided upon, but it is proposed to locate anacademy of sciences, a municipal casino, and a new unionstation upon part of this land. Riverfro7it Development.—The ground reclaimed for parkpurposes is but a portion of the entire project. A large partof the work of the Commission lies back of the river andabove the present park area. During the summer ot 1916,and in the current year, the Commission is building acommercial levee, approximately 800 teet long and about250 feet deep. This is part of the requirements of theUnited States Government, and will provide no will serve merely as a landing tor ferry and excursionboats. Further up the river, and beyond the Governmentlevee, lies the industrial section, which atfords the greatestproblem with which the Commission is dealing. When thework of reclamation here is completed, the city will haveover 100 acres ot land for factories and warehouses, extend-. CouTtesy Tbe American CityDavenport.—Levee Wall, Showing Progress in the Work ot Reclamation; Riverfront Park Brought to CITY PLANNING PROGRESS 47 ing for tour blocks along the riverfront and back troni theriver to a depth of to 250 feet. At this point the river-front terminal, with its modern machinery and a municipalwarehouse, will be erected. Paying the /i;7/.(.—While the cost ot the entire schemeis estimated at f 1,000,000, the expenditure ot this sum willadd J_i,ooo,ooo worth of hind to the citys possessions. lheunique teature ot the work ot the Commission has been itspolicy of paying interest on all bonds and the retirement otbonds serially from moneys raised as rent for propertyunder the jurisdiction of the Commission. .All improve-ments have been, and will be, obtained without a cent otexpense to the taxpayer. R. J. Clausen, architect, hasserved for five years as a member ot the Levee \V. Ramsey
Size: 2108px × 1185px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectcitiesandtowns, booksubjectcityplann
