Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — EXAMPLE IN CITY PLANNING [ARTICLE]

EXAMPLE IN CITY PLANNING

New York'* Preparation for the Future Is Worthy of Emulation by Any Community.

New York city has a committee on city planning. This committee Is composed of the five borough presidents and the president of the board of aldermen of the greater city. Its particular purpose, or hope, at this time is to make the city a capable dwelling place fbr 12,000,000 persons before this generation Is succeeded. That is a stimulating lesson for little big cities. It proves that “it is never too late to mend.” . It proves, indeed, that the more a city grows the more It must amend and pay for the shortsightedness of its youth. If New York (with 6,000,000 people already and all pretty well crowded together, with real estate values up beyond the dreams of avarice) can take up the neglected work of widening streets, creating open air spots and all the rest of It, what is there to daunt any city? Should selfishness of property owners be permitted now to Interfere with a city’s making itself capable and efficient for all the needs of all the people that are soon to make it a greater city?