City planning progress in the United States, 1917 (1917)
American Institute of Architects. Committee on Town Planning, Ford, George B. (George Burdett), 1879-1930, Warner, Ralph F · Washington, D.C. : Journal of the American Institute of Architects · leaf 162
e of the oldestAmerican cities, it did not grow casually or withoutdirection, like so many old towns, but was definitely planned in the beginning, and its present plan is merely amechanical extension of the original. The first townplan of Reading was made in 1748 by Nicholas Scull,the… … i(i;tTx-\ Im: ■■ - :l ■m.-hmi-t-- Re.41)Ing.—General Plan Proposed by the Civic .Association,in 1908, tor the Improvement of the City. Reading was definitely planned for the sons of William Penn,founder and planner of Philadelphia, in 1748. The original planhad little to commend it. The present…
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