City Values An Analysis of the Social Status And Possibilities of American City
The book City Values An Analysis of the Social Status And Possibilities of American City was written by author Carl Linn Seiler Here you can read free online of City Values An Analysis of the Social Status And Possibilities of American City book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is City Values An Analysis of the Social Status And Possibilities of American City a good or bad book?
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Many of our constitutional traditions will have to undergo modification, if not absolute dissolution. A score of our habitual points of view and conventions will neces- sarily give way before a more social attitude. "City building" means more than "the city beautiful" or "the clean city. " It is a concept that allows for the widest latitude in opinions and methods. In the past methods have largely been tested from the standpoint of monetary costs. And monetary costs are naturally the most impor...tant when the political attitude toward the city is paramount. Discard the political element, and monetary costs become less emphatic. Social and economic 24 CITY BUILDING costs are matters of more vital interest, and the question of method gives way, as a slogan, to that of efficient and quick results. "City building" may thus be compared to a business-like com- putation of city possibilities for the most efficient type of city dweller, and for the ultimate standardization of a dynamic racial type.
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