Modern cities : progress of the awakening for their betterment here and in Europe / by Horatio M. Pollock and William S. Morgan.

  • Horatio Milo Pollock
Date:
1913
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    way to secure the desired results. Deschamps’ planning was along formal lines and on a mag- nificent scale. While it has often been stated that the main purpose in making the new ave- nues broad and straight was to facilitate the handling of troops thereon, such purpose is now considered as having been subordinate to that of promoting the beauty of the city and the convenience of the citizens. One noteworthy feature of the plan was the converging of av- enues into places, the center of which was orna- mented with imposing monuments. This ar- rangement made possible the splendid vistas for which Paris is noted and which appeal so greatly to the pride of the Parisians. Paris remade, resembles Washington in its plan, but it secured only through enormous sacrifice what Washington secured by the exercise of a rare degree of foresight. Vienna is another capital that has been made over during the past half century. Up to 1858 Vienna was a walled city. As the city had increased greatly in size since the walls were built, the enclosed part of the to^vn was sorely congested. Rents had become excessive and sanitary conditions were almost intolerable. Just outside the city walls was a moat and sur- rounding the moat was a strip of unoccupied territory known as the glacis, which was kept bare for military purposes. Beyond the glacis [24]