. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. Lniversit) ol California Gruup Plan, the Outcomeof Two International orderly grouping of public and semi-public structures inwhich consideration is given to civic, architectural, and land-scape requirements is an important objective of modern cityplanning. chief accomplishments of the Civic Art Commission,aside from its cooperation in securing Dr. Hegemansreport, has been the preparation ot a zoning ordinancerecently adopted by the city. In addition to this district-ing work, the Commission is now undertaking a
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. Lniversit) ol California Gruup Plan, the Outcomeof Two International orderly grouping of public and semi-public structures inwhich consideration is given to civic, architectural, and land-scape requirements is an important objective of modern cityplanning. chief accomplishments of the Civic Art Commission,aside from its cooperation in securing Dr. Hegemansreport, has been the preparation ot a zoning ordinancerecently adopted by the city. In addition to this district-ing work, the Commission is now undertaking a reporton street improvements and a survey of schools and play-grounds. An amendment of the city charter now pro-vides for a city plan commission instead of the Civic ArtCommission, as the old designation was misleading. Practical Planning.—Other recent planning work inBerkeley consists of the preparation of a model housingcode, the rerouting and rescheduling of transportation. Berkeley.—University ot California, Open Air Theatre, aNecessary Klement of the Modern Citys Recreational Plant. lines, the preparation of a plan for a general park system,the latter in a tentative stage. Two proposals to issuebonds for the construction ot a civic center have beendefeated at the poles. In the work of general planningand city extension, the report by Dr. Werner Hegeman,referred to previously, will serve as a guide to the cityauthorities in the future. In all of the above work theCity Club, of which Duncan McDuffie is president, hasbeen the leading influence. Beverly Massachusetts The Planning Board of Beverly (21,645), appointedunder the Massachusetts Acts of 1913, Chap. 494,engaged Arthur C. Comev, of Cambridge, Mass., in 1916,to prepare a preliminary report with maps, covering thefoundation facts upon the knowledge and proper appli-cation of which the rational development of Beverlyscity plan must depend. Mr. Comey has submitted areport, which has not been publishe
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