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Description:Excerpt from Plans for Beautifying New York and for Enlarging and Improving the City of Boston: Being Studies to Illustrate the Science of City Building Sir, Your brief dismissal of my small offering to the city, last summer, was such as any stranger presuming to advise, might expect, in any country. But, having now resided here, upwards of twelve months, intrusion 'may be more warrantable. What moves me now to trouble you, is, seeing a new street in progress near Providence rail-road Depot (that looking into the Botanic Garden, ) which might, I think, be greatly improved, by the introduction of sunk areas, in front of buildings. These were adopted in the capital of Scotland, seventy years ago, and, at first, only eight feet wide. Soon after, when the new town was planned, ten feet was thought better; and, twenty years ago, when the second new town arose, twelve feet was not deemed too much. There is a sunk area in front Of the Tremont House, and others throughout the city; but all are too narrow; and so it is in New York. Had Tremont House been set back twelve, instead of six feet, many advantages would have been gained. Not only would there have been abundant light and air to the basement, &c., from an area of twelve feet, but the appearance of the whole would have been improved, particularly the portico which, instead Of being a daub, might have had its due proportions, - with elegance and comfort. In business streets, sunk areas may be objected to; but, in others of the first class, they should never be dispensed with. They admit of entrance to the first oor, either on the level, or by steps, less or more, as required, without breaking the general uniformity; and, also afford easy access to the basement, in the same way. When streets are lined over uneven ground, they become still more advantageous, admitting of several stories below the grading of the street, - and, all well aired and lighted, as is the case in seve ral parts of Edinburgh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Plans for Beautifying New York and for Enlarging and Improving the City of Boston: Being Studies to Illustrate the Science of City Building (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Plans for Beautifying New York and for Enlarging and Improving the City of Boston: Being Studies to Illustrate the Science of City Building (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Plans for Beautifying New York and for Enlarging and Improving the City of Boston: Being Studies to Illustrate the Science of City Building Sir, Your brief dismissal of my small offering to the city, last summer, was such as any stranger presuming to advise, might expect, in any country. But, having now resided here, upwards of twelve months, intrusion 'may be more warrantable. What moves me now to trouble you, is, seeing a new street in progress near Providence rail-road Depot (that looking into the Botanic Garden, ) which might, I think, be greatly improved, by the introduction of sunk areas, in front of buildings. These were adopted in the capital of Scotland, seventy years ago, and, at first, only eight feet wide. Soon after, when the new town was planned, ten feet was thought better; and, twenty years ago, when the second new town arose, twelve feet was not deemed too much. There is a sunk area in front Of the Tremont House, and others throughout the city; but all are too narrow; and so it is in New York. Had Tremont House been set back twelve, instead of six feet, many advantages would have been gained. Not only would there have been abundant light and air to the basement, &c., from an area of twelve feet, but the appearance of the whole would have been improved, particularly the portico which, instead Of being a daub, might have had its due proportions, - with elegance and comfort. In business streets, sunk areas may be objected to; but, in others of the first class, they should never be dispensed with. They admit of entrance to the first oor, either on the level, or by steps, less or more, as required, without breaking the general uniformity; and, also afford easy access to the basement, in the same way. When streets are lined over uneven ground, they become still more advantageous, admitting of several stories below the grading of the street, - and, all well aired and lighted, as is the case in seve ral parts of Edinburgh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Plans for Beautifying New York and for Enlarging and Improving the City of Boston: Being Studies to Illustrate the Science of City Building (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Plans for Beautifying New York and for Enlarging and Improving the City of Boston: Being Studies to Illustrate the Science of City Building (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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