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Page 53 - The thing that most needs to be understood about play is, that it is not a luxury, but a necessity; it is not simply something that a child likes to have, it is something that he must have if he is to grow up.
Page 73 - Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree ; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility : Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced.
Page 106 - ... and after the establishment, layout, and completion of such improvements, may convey any such real estate thus acquired and not necessary for such improvements, with reservations concerning the future use and occupation of such real estate, so as to protect such public works and improvements, and their environs, and to preserve the view, appearance, light, air, and usefulness of such public works.
Page 81 - Indeed, the near view, in color, vegetation, and form of hills, and extent of arable land, suggests that of Naples, though on analysis it does not resemble it. If San Diego had half a million of people, it would be more like it, but the Naples view is limited, while this stretches away to the great mountains that overlook the Colorado desert. It is certainly one of the loveliest prospects in the world, and worth long travel to see.
Page 106 - In scarcely anything to be determined by local public opinion acting influentially upon local legislation and administration, is a city likely to be so much made or marred for all its future as in proceedings in prosecution of a park project.
Page 103 - Vol. 103, p. 252. In order properly to accommodate the traffic in business districts of cities of considerable size, a street should have a width of 100 to 140 feet, the whole of it being used for roadway and sidewalks; while residence streets in a city of considerable size, where the houses are set out to the property line and stand close together, should have a width of 60 to 80 feet. Although it is advantageous to have a wide street, it is not necessary, nor even desirable, that the whole width...
Page 2 - The scenery is varied and exquisitely beautiful. The great, broad, quiet mesas, the picturesque canTHE FAMOUS HOTEL DEL CORONADO, SAN DIEGO. yons, the bold line of distant mountains, the wide hard ocean beaches, the great Bay, its beauty crowned by the islands of Coronado, the caves and coves of La Jolla, the unique Torrey Pines, the lovely Mission Valley, — these are but some of the features of the landscape that should be looked upon as precious assets to be preserved and enhanced. And then the...
Page 97 - I declared there is no other question now before the nation of equal gravity with the question of the conservation of our natural resources, and I added that it is the plain duty of us who, for the moment, are responsible to take inventory of the natural resources which have been handed down to us, to forecast the needs of the future, and so handle the great sources of our prosperity as not to destroy in advance all hope of the prosperity of our descendants.
Page 106 - For establishing esplanades, boulevards, parkways, park grounds, and public reservations in, around and leading to public buildings, and for the purpose of reselling such land with reservations in the deeds of such resale as to the future use of said lands so as to protect...
Page 96 - The climate is most agreeable the year through. There are no unpleasant months, and few unpleasant days. The eucalyptus grows so fast that the trimmings from the trees of a small grove or highway avenue will in four or five years furnish a family with its firewood. The strong, fattening alfalfa gives three, four, five, and even six harvests a year. Nature needs little rest, and, with the encouragement of water and fertilizers, apparently none. But all this prodigality and easiness of life detracts...