Modern civic art; or, The city made beautiful (1918)
Robinson, Charles Mulford, 1869-1917 · New York, Putnam · leaf 78
t of modern civic artthe formal, the architectural, and the urban characterof the treatment, with its engineering excellence andhygienic merits, is wholly to be commended. It has,as the best civic art must have, the beauty of utility.It is dignified and harmonious; it fittingly sets offthe… … tTbe Mater Hpproacb. 51 results accomplished it is thoroughly modern. Bos-ton has made good use of it for the Charles River, anda recent State law of Iowa—passed at the requestof awakened communities—gives to towns bisectedby meandering streams the right thus to narrow thechannel and save…
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