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is possible that they might have a task force character and turn over 

 their functions to existing county or State planning bodies. 



2. The urban waterfront districts should establish scenic zones 

 on the lines of Item 16 in UNESCO'S "Recommendation concern- 

 ing the Safeguarding of the Beauty and Character of Landscapes 

 and Sites," December 11, 1962. In these zones permission would 

 have to be obtained for new installations, including highways. 



3. Historic district legislation should be applied to waterfront 

 land wherever appropriate. For example, when Brooklyn Navy 

 Yard is given over to a new use, the Admiral's house, the Martin 

 Thompson Hospital and a surrounding historic area should be pre- 

 served for the public, since for a long time, beginning with the assem- 

 bling of the Monitor, the history of this area has been the history of 

 the U.S. Navy. 



In some waterfront situations, linear historic districts can be estab- 

 lished. In all cases the planning district, as my colleague, Harold 

 Wise, has suggested, should be at least six blocks deep, to allow for 

 consolidation of existing railroad uses, etc. 



4. County boards of supervisors should refuse permits for shore- 

 line development unless sewerage is taken care of by the developers. 

 Example: The current activities of the gambling and subdivision 

 promotion dynasty on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, which are 

 turning the lake into a sewer. 



5. New installations of public utilities and water-needing indus- 

 tries, not to mention the high-rise apartments which threaten historic 

 scenic areas like the Annapolis waterfront, require coordinated plan- 

 ning on the part of regional authorities. In many cases, they do 

 not belong on the urban waterfront at all. Think what this means 

 when it is admitted that the urban shore of Connecticut now extends 

 from the New York State line to New Haven. The historic district, 

 which can save 18th century harbors like Greenwich, and pleasant 

 19th century fishing villages like Stonington, cannot be expected to 

 do the whole job in these cases. 



The real significance of the conflict between scenic preservation- 

 ists and Consolidated Edison in the New York region is that this pub- 

 lic utility serves 10 million now, and that the population of this area 

 will probably increase by 80 percent by the year 2000. Regional 

 planning boards which do not replace but are superimposed upon 

 existing levels of administration are badly needed in these areas. 

 They can be formed of associations of local governments, with demo- 



