. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . Pl. XXI. —entrance to prospect park, BROOKLYN ^a ...., ,«. or ™3-.,xx .... CHAPTER XXI MUNICIPAL ART Unfortunately for the building of the modern city, itscitizens never know when, where, or how it is to be they did, perhaps that plan, which is considered soessential to every municipal growth, would be forthcomingat the start. As it is, the dozen or more people who are to-day congregating on a point of land near a stretch of water,somewhere in Texas or Minnesota, have no idea of a cityof a hundred thousand
. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . Pl. XXI. —entrance to prospect park, BROOKLYN ^a ...., ,«. or ™3-.,xx .... CHAPTER XXI MUNICIPAL ART Unfortunately for the building of the modern city, itscitizens never know when, where, or how it is to be they did, perhaps that plan, which is considered soessential to every municipal growth, would be forthcomingat the start. As it is, the dozen or more people who are to-day congregating on a point of land near a stretch of water,somewhere in Texas or Minnesota, have no idea of a cityof a hundred thousand deriving from their plan to them is superfluous. They build where theyplease, and the town just grows, taking whatever formnecessity or convenience indicates. Almost all the citiesin the United States have grown in that fashion. But after a city has come to importance, commerciallyor otherwise, there is a recognition of its defects, andplans are drawn to remedy them by tearing down miles ofbuildings, or appropriating private property for parks,driveways, and water fronts. The improvements, how-ever, are seldom carried out in their e
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