Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957, Newport Improvement Association · [Cambridge, Mass., The University press] · leaf 26
oint because there isa partial drifting away from this excellent oldhabit of laying out small lot subdivisions, inthe newer quarters which are developingnorthward and southward near the car lines,and because I believe it points out a veryvaluable service that could be rendered bythe Improvement… … OCCASIONALLY FULL-GROWN TREES BLOCKTHE NARROW SIDEWALKS which this Association might well get under way. In some of the olderstreets, and in too many of the newer streets, there is a lamentable absenceof the trees upon which the quahty of this characteristic Newport streetscenery is so dependent.…
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