Transactions of conference held March 9 to 13, 1914, at Liberty buildings, Liverpool (1914) (14782417514)

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Title: Transactions of conference held March 9 to 13, 1914, at Liberty buildings, Liverpool
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Liverpool Town Planning and Housing Exhibition, 1914 Adshead, S. D Abercrombie, Patrick, Sir, 1879-
Subjects: Garden cities Labor and laboring classes City planning
Publisher: (Liverpool) University press of Liverpool
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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in the foresight which Liverpool hasshown in providing those facilities for transit which are sonecessary. We look upon these things perhaps from differentpoints of view, all converging to one common object. Mr.Brodie has mentioned the question of arterial roads and hehas referred to the old pathway which like the ancient footpathsabout our districts were generally absorbed by arterial roadsbecause they formed the best line of route. Unfortunatelythose who have gone before have allowed building to be maderight up to the sides of our roads and so restricted them, becausethe expense of widening them at the present time and removingcostly buildings is almost beyond consideration, therefore ifthe price is too great to enable us to widen, we have to seekother ways. Now, I said a moment ago we look on thingsfrom different points of view when the subject is mentioned ofthe removal of people from congested areas ; people at oncesay you must not move people from their work, but that is not 34
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oo CLQCL±J > the only way of looking at it, for example, if one looks atthis from an economic point of view alone, we know that wecan let these dwellings at 5s. or 6s. a week rent ; but is it notbetter to remove these buildings and occupy the space withwarehouses or factories or whatever may be useful to theparticular class of industry and by means of rapid transittake the people to healthy surroundings ? Look at thewretched conditions of these crowded urban areas; you seewomen sitting on doorways or perhaps going for some solaceelsewhere and the children brought up in wretchedness, miser-able creatures with no chance of fresh air. Sweep away thatclass of dwelling, use the space for industrial purposes, take yourpeople out by cheap means of transit and house them wherethey can breathe fresh air and bring up children better. Now then the arterial road is going to help you to thatbetter perhaps than anything else. As Mr. Brodie says, it isquite unnecessary to put down costly tramway