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

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    in great good to the city, has not been a com- plete financial success. The London County Council has expended large sums in building city tenements, but since 1900 it has taken up the work of building sub- urban homes. Large estates in the suburbs of the city have been purchased and modest de- tached cottages have been erected thereon. Up to March, 1909, 1,335 of these cottages had been built and the enterprise is meeting with gen- eral approval. Ulm, in Germany, has probably gone farther in the matter of constructing municipal tene- ments than any other city on the continent of Europe. It has purchased large tracts of sub- urban land and after improving them has re- sold a portion of the sites and has erected cot- tages and cottage-flats on other parts. From 1891 to 1909 this city purchased over 1,200 acres of land for $1,390,000 and resold 404 acres under full restrictions for $1,633,000. In this way a portion of the unearned increment has come into the treasury of the city where it rightfully belongs, and the people have been able to procure building sites at reasonable prices. Ulm erects cottages to sell to workmen on easy terms, or the workmen may rent them if they prefer. It is generally conceded that the real estate ventures of Ulm have proved [60]
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