AN OI.D CITY STREET IN HIIvDESHElM 



European citj^-builders in the Middle Ages considered matters of street construction to 

 be of little importance; the municipalities laid out the fortifications and the moat, individual 

 inspiration created the dwellings, and the streets took care of themselves — they were what- 

 ever lanes that happened to remain between anj^ two lines of buildings. These medieval 

 streets have no general direction, but just wander helplessly around until released from their 

 suffering by the open fields, by an oldrtime market-place, or by some thoroughfare planned 

 and carried out in modern times. 



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