Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1915 — Washington’s Advantage. [ARTICLE]

Washington’s Advantage.

Observing that civic art is founded on common sense, utility and'commercial considerations, Arnold W. Brunner, an architect who has been working for the development of civic beauty in New York, recently made a statement which has a bearing upon Washington. He pleaded for more artistic cities on the ground that the lives of men and women are Influenced by their surroundings. A quiet, restful room, he pointed out, helps a man to do his work, and he added: “Our streets have the same influence. I hold that quiet, dignified. orderly streets have a psychological effect on the people. Such streets are found in Paris, Berlin and many other European cities: Broadway, on the other hand. Is chaotic, shaggy, confused, irregular; and It produces an unrestful effect on one." —Washington Times. ?