Conditions in Detroit, 1915 |
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afford architectural areas Art Commission artistic beautiful Belle Isle Park Board of Commerce bridge bring building land Cadillac Square Campus Martius car tracks casino building CHARLES MOORE City Hall City of Detroit city's Commerce in 1905 Commissioner of Parks Committee condition connection considerable construction cost County Building desirable Detroit Board dignified direction enade erected extension Frederick Law Olmsted freight frontage full value future of Detroit give glade grade crossings HARVARD UNIVERSITY important interest island Jefferson avenue Landscape Architect lines Manufacturing Belt ment municipal park system passengers pier planting popular possible present problems Professor Olmsted promenade proposed public open space quay railroad yards refreshment region River Front River Margin roadway sections shabby shape shore small parks sort steamers street structure sylvan scenery tion traffic tral trees vard veranda water front width woodland woods Woodward avenue
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Page 3 - The purpose of this examination, as explained to me by you, was to apply to the present condition of the Detroit parks an appreciatively critical eye, unfamiliar with the exact steps by which that condition has...
Page 36 - Gate some soaring structure that will demand a recognition of unity throughout the heart of the city.
Page 9 - ... district because the people there are doubly in need of such an example, for its educational value as well as for the direct pleasure which it may give them.
Page 3 - Detroit parks an appreciatively critical eye, unfamiliar with the exact steps by which that condition has been attained and with the particular obstacles which have stood in the way of still further excellence, but thoroughly familiar with the general conditions and standards of park work in American cities.
Page 5 - ... are liable to make such immense differences in the quality of the results that...
Page 8 - I have dwelt on this matter at some length because it is...