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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-13

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780265283523

Excerpt from City Planning for Newark: The City Plan Commission, Newark, New Jersey A brief review of the contents of this volume is here given for ready reference and for the use of those whose time will not permit a careful perusal of the entire book. The Introduction gives facts and figures which tell why Newark is a good place in which to live and do business. Business and residential districts of the' city are noted, as are also sewer system, water supply, death rate, wages for skilled and unskilled labor, rents of homes for all classes, prices of land for business and residential purposes, prices of water, gas and electricity, and the fact that many great railroads cross the city. It calls atten tion to Newark's good government, schools, churches, public and private hospitals, benevolent institutions, recreational facilities and financial institutions. Chapter I. Contains a brief statement of the functions of a good city plan. Many suggestions for improvements in the street system are shown by maps, with brief notes on why each change is needed, what it would accomplish and how much it would cost. 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.