TOWN PLANNING EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 27 July 1933, Page 16

TOWN PLANNING EXHIBITION.

INTERESTING MODO# PREPARED. »*■* t AN AREA AT ADDDfCfffH;^ In preparation for the town ning exhibition to be held in Qrik, church in September, or town planning models of an ing character have been under instructions froci the planning, housing, and health mittee of the Christchureh C% fgj cil. They are each 26 indwg and refer to the same area—the Iggy, portion of Addington, inrTmfim railway station, part of South, and a part of western flftn. ham- This area was chosen trative purposes chiefly bttaae(| more or less widely known, (W model shows things as they «xht«| present, and the other what cadik done to rectify the town ||J|' errors in the existing state aCafifif In model "A," the existing stated things, small details have beca ted. Model "B," or thinQ as |Z might be, has no relation to TS town planning scheme whieh is |2 prepared at present by the cil. Greater value is added VjL models in tnat they deal actual locality, instead of btiqc ful presentations of town ffcST principlesPlanning Defects. Features of model "A" irttnwjMjlk fects from a town planning TteS are:— (1) Many of the streets batea# a residential character are hS sarily wide <66ft) for. the them, resulting in maintenance costs being in eHfOS requirements. (2) Shops and factories are in residential streets to the ssß| detriment of residences, rcadjSßß in a loss of quietness, and hMK lution of the air by smoke, (3) In some instances dwdftSS too close together; this pcevn||jK free circulation of fresh ahpS sun into the rooms. ' 1 7JSf (4) Unnecessary awkwaol intersections and absence of-njajgE corners: and buildings up to street corners at intesMHP (S> Back land with little eraßp cess, due to faulty subdhiril|fiß( faulty original r coding. |m| (6) Houses built too close t»-tf|§§ line on narrow streets, thus tMUflff in conjunction with (3), to cntf| desirable congestion. (7) Main street being an adnj| highway should be, at Model "B" shows the devdHfil of the same area, and the «238 of existing defects, in accatdMapSE town planning principles. is emphasised by the oppce6ejM| contrasting the present state eCvgH with the improvements that «|jß| effected. One important jjtHß shown in model "B" is the aSHB the area under which dcflwfl|B for shops, for factories. rodafflHj dences would be SB result that deteriorating JflgtSH would be removed and the a 238 would be greatly enhanced «SHB| perty values would not be hH depreciation. It also sho«Rr3o| cess would be provided to InmSß which would be available ftiljflß ren's playgrounds; or sports grounds. Another jjjflSw feature of this model is tteajflH of a site for a new nxaaS&B I station for I vicinity of the «-Hrig«T»y jMMHH The models were jirqpiqMH F. E. Bateraan, under tht of Mr A. H. Bridge, City (ShS veyor, to plans provided Engineer's Department. IHH