[Rarebooks] fs: REGIONAL PLAN OF NEW AND ITS ENVIRONS. Vol. 1 &2.

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REGIONAL PLAN OF NEW YORK AND ITS ENVIRONS. Vol. 1 & 2.

Prepared by the Staff of the Regional Plan. 1929.

 

Volume One- The Graphic Regional Plan. Atlas And Description. 416 pages,
illustrated in color and b&w, with 5 maps folded in the back pocket of the
book. Volume Two- THE BUILDING OF THE CITY. Regional Plan. Published in
1931. (This volume by: Thomas Adams, assisted by Harold M. Lewis and
Lawrence M. Orton), 600 pages, illustrated in b&w.

 

  "The purpose of these volumes is to supply an analysis of the physical
needs of the New York region and a conception of a way to meet them. Only by
the aid of such a conception can a community structure, sound in all its
parts, be achieved. Circulation by all forms of conveyance into, out of, and
within the Region, and the location of industry, commerce, business,
residence and recreation- these are fundamental elements upon the treatment
of which the soundness of the physical development of a city or metropolitan
region depends. Thus land uses and communications of all sorts are the
subjects treated in this volume of the Regional Plan. 

  In the second volume there will be found discussions and illustrations of
principles that should govern the development of the Plan in some detail;
also an exposition of ancillary projects that offer concrete evidence of its
possibilities; and finally certain suggestions respecting the architectural
design and the arrangement of buildings.

  It was Mr. Charles D. Norton's vision that saw the need of a regional plan
for New York and its environs, and his enthusiasm that launched the project.
Nothing of the kind had ever been undertaken on such a scale before. With
the publication of the Plan the original undertaking completes itself. The
question remains what will be done with it."  

FINE- HARDCOVERS, 4to.$500.00

 

 

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