New Ideals in the Planning of Cities, Towns and Villages (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Streets 1n Harborne, B1rm1ngham, England Harborne is a co-partnership suburb of Birmingham. The co-partnership principle in housing has not yet been very successfully applied in the United States, but it has great merits. "Zoning" would protect residential sections from undesirable developments from the field of speculation, to that corresponding to legitimate manufacturing. We shall then proceed in very much the same way that the manufacturer proceeds. We shall want to know the facts as to the nature and extent of the demand. We shall have definite aims as to the product. We shall use skill and experience and factory methods. We shall back the enterprise with adequate capital and count upon a fair rate of interest. Many housing developments have been made in the United States by real estate companies or investors which illustrate the possibilities of combining and applying city planning principles to urban and suburban development. While a good suburban development is much more characteristic of the higher grade residential sections, much has been done also for low cost housing, especially by employers for their own employees. The following is a list of some of the more important operations: Akron, Ohio, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and the Firestone Company; North Billerica, Mass., Billerica Garden Suburb Company; Bound Brook, N. J., Westerly Gardens, Incorporated; Cincinnati, Ohio, J. G. Schmidlapp; Fairfield, Ala., U. S. Steel Corporation; Hopedale, Mass., Draper Company; Kenosha, Wis., Kenosha Homes Company, Kenosha Land and Development Company; Kistler, Pa. (near Mt. Union), Mt. Union Refractories Company; Ludlow, Mass., Ludlow Manufacturing Company; Marcus Hook, Pa., American Viscose Company; Middletown, Ohio, American Rolling Mill Company; Philad...