. Development and present status of city planning in New York City . :aiu, iNNINi; ( 17 In \it\v ill shills uf .mlliorily mid in compromises witblociil iiiliicsts. hut is nolle tlu less a ;;iu:il liuiilinaik in tlio dcvelopmeut of townplanning. It marks ii point in respect to planning suburban areas which has not yetlicen fairly readied in this era of public service commissions and popular Interest!n tlie subject. Tlie Central Park Commission and its successor, tiie Department ofrublii- Partes, continued to control over tlic develo


. Development and present status of city planning in New York City . :aiu, iNNINi; ( 17 In \it\v ill shills uf .mlliorily mid in compromises witblociil iiiliicsts. hut is nolle tlu less a ;;iu:il liuiilinaik in tlio dcvelopmeut of townplanning. It marks ii point in respect to planning suburban areas which has not yetlicen fairly readied in this era of public service commissions and popular Interest!n tlie subject. Tlie Central Park Commission and its successor, tiie Department ofrublii- Partes, continued to control over tlic development of theplan of upper Manhattan and of The Bronx west of the Bronx River,down to 1891. In 1891 the powers of the Department of Public Parkswith resjicct to The Bronx were transferred to the Commissioner of StreetImprovements of tlie Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards, and thatofficer continued to exercise control until the adoption of the Greater NewYork Charter of 1898. During the period 1816 to 1874, tlie various viUafrcs. cities and townswithin the area n


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