THE TOWN PLANNING BILL.
Mr Walter Crane severely criticises, in an article in an English paper, the Town Planning Bill, new before the House of Commons. He says :—"The whole question of design in its highest sense has been left out, and the necessity of uniting nrovision for the public health with the preservation of beauty in our towns is not even alluded to. '"he tendency would be, I fear, towards a stereotyped kind of Government pattern all over the country, which would be another blow at the development of characteristic local style and treatment and the use of local materials, which more than any other causes have given that delightful variety and historic interest to our English towns and villages in the past. We do not want our towns "Haussmanised." Neither do I find any provision for the preservation of the necessary proportion of open spa:e or garden ground which ought to accompany as a matter of course any extension of building or town improvement. " s
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9149, 23 July 1908, Page 4
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167THE TOWN PLANNING BILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9149, 23 July 1908, Page 4
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