CITY OF DREAMS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 2666, 6 September 1937, Page 5

CITY OF DREAMS.

Never before has town life possessed a tithe of the advantages it might hold out to-day (writes a contributor to a joint work entitled “Britain and the Beast”). Smoke could go and noise, and traffic congestion; the narrow streets could be replaced by broad spaces, 100 yards across, flanked by tall buildings and made gracious with trees and grass, flower beds, and water. In such a setting the townsman could enjoy the full resources of modern civilisation, close to his home. He would save his present appalling waste of income and leisure in travelling to and fro. Work, friends, shops, and amusements would all be within easy reach. The real country, too, would lie within a few minutes, since traffic "would be free to travel at its proper speed. Our present bloated urban and suburban areas could be condensed to a fraction of their size, and yet gain enormously in light and air and open space.