Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1915 — City-Planning Association. [ARTICLE]

City-Planning Association.

For a number of years the city of New York has contemplated the. creation of a city-planning commission for regulating the various civic improvement undertakings of the municipality, as well as those of private individuals. The work which would come under the supervision of such a cityplanning commission would include, among other things, housing, industrial structures, the conveyances of supplies and materials of manufacture and manufactured products, the disposal of waste material, the arrangement of the various sections of the city in accessible manner, rapid and convenient means of transportation, the provision of facilities for education and public recreation. These are the fundamental objects of city planning, but many other city activities would come under the supervision of the city-planning commission, such as regulating the height of buildings, dividing the city into districts and zones, traffic regulations, etc. .... ... . .. I \