Science and City Suburbs 



the Library in the plan the contours have been 

 so considered that these erections beautiful, it is 

 to be hoped, each with its own distinctive beauty 

 will be able to be observed from all parts of the 

 estate, up the long tree-planted boulevard, across 

 a children's playground from that cluster of trees 

 grouped on a neighbouring hill, by those acres of 

 allotments, it will be possible to obtain, if not a 

 full view, yet a suggestive glimpse of the buildings 

 which will be, it is hoped, "the gathering place of 

 souls " and memories, which will, like the uniting 

 love of gardening, be the common links binding all 

 classes in kindly communion. 



But enough has been said to enable my readers 

 to imagine the suburb ; the point that I would 

 enforce is that its creation follows the lines of 

 scientific development. The condition of the 

 people has aroused national interest. That in- 

 terest has traced many evils of the condition to 

 the unfit houses. Experiments have been made 

 in providing houses, but now closer inquiry into 

 causes has shown that other things must be con- 

 sidered beyond the mere provision of accommoda- 

 tion. People cannot " live on bread alone." They 

 need the stimulus of various interests, contact 

 with nature and the neighbourhood of other classes 

 to stir their minds and aspirations. Houses, if they 

 are to be Homes, must be other than in long mean 

 streets, they must have gardens and a view, and 

 they must be so placed that the inhabitants may 

 form a Community strong in its variety of classes 

 and interests. 



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