The North end, a survey and a comprehensive plan (1919)
Boston (Mass.). City Planning Board, Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942 · City of Boston, Printing department · leaf 53
decreas-ing congestion, and there is much evidence of decidedlygreater congestion. In London, where slum conditions long ago becameintolerably bad, the County Council has taken heroicmeasures to provide better homes and to prevent the spreadof bad conditions over new areas. Local authorities there… … FIG. 20,—PLAN OF BOUNDARY STREETAREA, LONDON, BEFORE IT WASREBUILT.Number of persons displaced, 5,719.Number of persons provided for, 4,700.Also 18 shops and 77 workshops.Living rooms, 152 square feet.Bed rooms, 103 square feet.Every room has light at not less than 45 degrees. FIG. 21.—PLAN OF…
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