House and Garden 
in that “the square and parallelogram are met 
everywhere. I hecurveand elhpseare proscrib¬ 
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A comparison of 
the plans of London, 
Paris and New York 
will show the lack of 
interesting thorough¬ 
fares in the latter 
city. More avenues, 
like Broadway,should 
be cut through, which 
would allow of so- 
called “flat irons” or 
plazas that could be 
treated with munici¬ 
pal buildings; or, as 
abroad, with com- 
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etc.,and not used sole- 
lyfor twenty-five story 
temples of the winds. 
The schemes con¬ 
templated by Mr. 
Warren have some 
very excellent points 
which can be best seen 
by a study of the illus¬ 
trations. Butin doing 
so it must be remem¬ 
bered that the work 
has only just begun, 
the report is only a 
preliminary study, “a 
test of public criti¬ 
cism” as the Commis¬ 
sion calls it, and it is 
not their intention to 
recommend the im¬ 
mediate execution of 
their plans. Their 
province is only to 
recommend the adop¬ 
tion of a certain gen¬ 
eral plan to be fol¬ 
lowed in detail in the 
future. 
The Commission 
have, in their public 
sittings, listened to 
_ many projects, each 
of which has been 
carefully considered, and they are still engaged 
in examination of other suggestions. 1 he 
schemes that followare taken from theiroflicial 
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