BIG CITY BLOCKS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 2 June 1937, Page 8

BIG CITY BLOCKS.

NEED FOR SUBDIVISION. BUSINESSAIEN’S SUGGESTION. The subdivision of large city blocks in order to make for the greater convenience of users of the streets .was referred to by Air H. L. Cunninghame at the monthly meeting of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, last evening. There were a number of big blocks which would be improved with subdivision, he said, such as those between llangitikei Street and Waldegrave Street, Stanley Avenue and North Street, and King Street and Grey Street. If land was acquired by the City Council the council would receive back the outlay in increased rates from the higher value of the sections. Mr F. G- Opie commented that in some residential areas 1 there were large blocks of land between the parallel lines of houses. Air F. G. Alajor pointed out that another instance of a large block was that between Fitzherbert Avenue and Victoria Avenue, along Te Awe Awe Street, and Air J. H. Stevens thought that with the closing of the old College Street School building there was a good opportunity for extending Oxford Street through to College Street. Air Alajor remarked that even though immediate action might not be possible, if the City Council had a programme in view it might be furthered when certain applications were made for building permits. . “How would you finance this, queried the chairman (Air A. J. Graham). ■ “It is better to purchase now than to wait,” said Mr Alajor. “AVe might draw the attention of the City Council to the subject and it could then be kept in mind, ’ said the chairman. The chamber decided to write to the City Council, as suggested.