Excerpt from A Plan of the City of Hartford: Preliminary Report by Carrére and Hastings, Advisory Architects, to the Commission on the City Plan of the City of Hartford, Connecticut, in Relation to the Rectification of the Present Plan and the Development and Extension of the City of Hartford But Hartford was beginning to feel that if it was to main tain its prestige among American cities of its class, it must not indulge in self-complacency. It must keep alert and abreast with the times. Everything must be done to make the Greater Hartford of the future not only a more healthful city to live in, but also a more attractive place to work in. It was coming to be recognized that while sanitary measures, which directly or indirectly affect the health and happiness of the people, should be given first consideration, those which tend to beautify and add to their comfort and convenience should not be overlooked. The people were gradually coming to realize that however competent and experienced her city officials might be, there was great need of an intelligent, comprehensive City Plan, as a guide to future development and improvements. And this plan must be based upon a thorough, exhaustive study of the city by a skilled, experienced, and disinterested outside expert. The firm engaged to undertake this work was Messrs. Carrere and Hastings of New York City. They were chosennot only because of their well-deserved national reputation as architects and landscapists, but also because Mr. Carrere was personally known to many of our leading citizens and had been employed as advisory architect by the State Arsenal and Armory Commission and later by the Technical High School and Municipal Building Commissions. Only those who came into close personal or official relations with him are fully aware how deeply Mr. Carrere became interested in the problems of Hartford's future, or how enthusiastically he gave himself to their solution. His sole ambition was to master every element in the problem in order to produce a City Plan that would stand the test of future generations. His able partner, Mr. Hastings, and his associates, Messrs. Oliver and Meeks, inspired by his master mind, labored together with him to this same end. The result of their united efforts was a Report on the City Plan for the City of Hartford which is destined to have a beneficent and far-reaching influence upon this growing municipality. It will also stand as a model in City Planning for American cities, and help to the solution of many a municipal problem here and elsewhere. This report will likewise stand as Mr. John M. Carrere's final work in City Planning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.