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can it be made most effective ? If a street extends 

 along each side of the river, all the persons using 

 these streets will have long views up and down its 

 course, views whose interest may be enhanced by 

 well-designed bridges or by beautiful buildings with 

 groups of trees, belts of shrubs, vines and herbaceous 

 plants so arranged as to frame in or make a setting 



FIG. 20. THE VIOLATION OF BEAUTY. A large river which passes through 

 the center of a flourishing city with a large population. The refuse- 

 covered bank is typical of many American cities. 



for the objects and spaces one wishes to see. These 

 river streets might extend into the country as river 

 roads and have the advantage of attractive scenery, 

 easy grades and directness. Such locations are fre- 

 quently selected by engineers for railroads, and they 

 would be equally advantageous for pleasure driving 

 and ordinary traffic (Fig. 21). Streets are like 

 rivers in preserving long stretches of open space. 

 When the street spaces are separated from the 



