Town PlanningCity Beautiful Moment Of America

by:-Bhushan Sharad Nimbalkar

What Is City Beautiful Moment?The City Beautiful Movement was a philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning.That grown during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur in cities. The movement, which was originally associated mainly with Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Washington, D.C., promoted beauty not only for its own sake, but also to create moral and civic virtue among urban populations. Advocates of the philosophy believed that such beautification could thus promote a harmonious social order that would increase the quality of life, while critics.

How It Started? A World Fair was held in Chicago in 1893.A need was felt for a fair which would be big,broad and beautiful in contrast to the city .But the cities were cramp,ugly and full of crimes.“Make No Little Plans” was the move.The City Beautiful Moment was headed by Daniel Burnham.It was also known as “White City”.In which the tourist were meant to be shielded from poverty and crime.There plan were of huge scale.They plan the city by taking more important to civic buildings and gave less important to residential building.

Chicago….IN 1909 the plan of Chicago was published which was also known as “Burnham Plan”.The plan involve 60 mile(95 km) radius in which avenue would extend from the civic center.It includes rail system , a bi-level boulevard for commercial and regular traffic and a sprawling network of park.

Union Station at Wagington D.CUnion Station is a major train station and transportation hub in Washington, D.C..IT is one of the most busiest rail facility and shopping destination.Around 40 million people visits it in a year. And during 2nd World War 2 lakh people travels thought it.It has 18 platforms and 20 rail tracks.

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