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Proposed improvements for Newport; (1913)

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957, Newport Improvement Association · [Cambridge, Mass., The University press] · leaf 33

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WASHINGTON STREET NEAR CHESTNUT STREET,SHOWING HOW RADICALLY THE CHARACTER OFTHE STREET IS INJURED BY THE ERECTION OFA SINGLE NEW BUILDING FLUSH WITH THEPROPERTY LINE … A TYPICAL VIEW ON WASHINGTON STREET, NEAR CHESTNUT [ 18] those driving along such a street or Hving in the remaining houses shut inbetween these structures. The effective method of preventing this kind of destruction of the com-mon assets for the selfish benefit of a minority of the landowners, is…

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