Modern Civic Art: Or the City Made Beautiful (Classic Reprint) Book

CHAPTER I. A NEW DAY FOR CITIES. HERE is a promise in the sky of a new day. The darkness rolls away, and the buildings JL that had been shadows stand forth distinctly in the gray air. The tall facades glow as the sun rises; their windows shine as topaz; their pennants of steam, tugging flutteringly from high chimneys, are changed to silvery plumes. Whatever was dingy, coarse, and ugly, is either transformed or hidden in shadow. The streets, bathed in the fresh morning light, fairly sparkle, their pavements from upper windows appearing smooth and clean. There seems to be a new city for the work of the new day. There is more than even the transformation that Nero boasted he had made in Rome, for night closed here on a city of brick, stone, and steel; but the morning finds it better than gold. Sleep had come to weary brains and hearts, and had closed eyes tired of dreariness and monotony; the day finds faculties alert and vigorous; and eyes are openingTable of Contents CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER PAGE; I-A New Day' for Cities3; II-What Civic Art Is24; THE CITY'S FOCAL POINTS; III-The Water Approach39; IV-The Land Approach '59; V-The Administrative Centre 81; IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT; VI-The Street Plan of the Business District 101; VII-Architecture in the Business District 123 VIII-The Furnishings of the Street 138; IX-Adorning with Fountains and Sculpture 166; IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS; X-Street Plotting among the Homes 187; XI-On Great Avenues 206; XII-On Minor Residential Streets 228 XIII-Among the Tenements245; iii; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER PAGE; I-A New Day' for Cities3; II-What Civic Art Is24; THE CITY'S FOCAL POINTS; III-The Water Approach39; IV-The Land Approach '59; V-The Administrative Centre 81; IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT; VI-The Street Plan of the Business District 101; VII-Architecture in the Business District 123 VIII-The Furnishings of the Street 138; IX-Adorning with Fountains and ScuRead More