Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — Work of Men of Highest Ability. [ARTICLE]

Work of Men of Highest Ability.

Before the niqeteenth century not only the men who executed, but especially the men who directed the work of laying out hities, tvere possessed of much broader and more general culture than today can be found in those men who hold most influential positions. The most convincing examples were the princes of the old regime, who in so many cases were the pushing force that brought about the great artistic achievements in city planning that we admire today. These men, as a rule, made it their business to keep in constant touch with the leading exponents of the best and newest ideals. All over Italy, Germany and France courts could be found that were the continuous meeting places of the best artists, painters, architects, engineers and thinkers on every subject atmosphere of perpetually enlightened discussion and congenial criticism could the fine conceptions in artistic city planning grow, the realizations of which have stood the test century after century.