Chapter One. The Town Country Magnet : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 50 CHAPTER ONE The Town-Country Magnet 'I will not cease from mental strife, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land.' --BLAKE. 'Thorough sanitary and remedial acti...
Title Page : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], GARDEN CITIES OF TO-MORROW By EBENEZER HOWARD London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. SECOND EDITION [1902] Scanned , June 2007. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it w...
Chapter Ten. A Unique Combination Of Proposals : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 118 CHAPTER TEN A Unique Combination Of Proposals 'Human beings, in their present condition, may be likened to bees in the act of swarming, as we see them clinging in a mass to a single bough. Their position is a temporary one...
Chapter Twelve. Social Cities : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 138 CHAPTER TWELVE Social Cities 'Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted for too long a series of generations in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so...
Untitled : Among the many 'utopian' proposals of the 19th century, this particular short text stands out. Howard was a 19th century British reformer and city planner. He was influenced by Bellamy's Looking Backwards. He saw new, planned towns as a necessary counterbalance to the squalid, Dickensian 19th...
Chapter Seven. Semi Municipal Enterpriselocal : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 96 CHAPTER SEVEN Semi-Municipal Enterprise--Local Option--Temperance Reform In the last chapter we saw that no line could be sharply drawn between municipal and individual enterprise, so that one could definitely say of one...
Chapter Nine. Some Difficulties Considered : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 112 CHAPTER NINE Some Difficulties Considered 'Watt was often consulted about supposed inventions and discoveries, and his invariable reply was to recommend that a model should be formed and tried. This he considered as the only true...
Chapter Eleven. The Path Followed Up : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 128 CHAPTER ELEVEN The Path Followed Up 'How can a man learn to know himself? By reflection never--only by action. In the measure that thou seekest to do thy duty shalt thou know what is in thee. But what is thy duty? The dem...
Chapter Thirteen. The Future Of London : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 151 CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Future Of London It will now be interesting to consider some of the more striking effects which will be produced on our now overcrowded cities by the opening up in new districts of such a vast field...
Chapter Eight. Pro Municipal Work : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 104 CHAPTER EIGHT Pro-Municipal Work There will be found in every progressive community societies and organizations which represent a far higher level of public spirit and enterprise than that possessed or displayed by such communities...
Chapter Four. The Revenue Of Garden Citygeneral : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 70 CHAPTER FOUR The Revenue Of Garden City--General Observations On Its Expenditure Before entering upon the question which presented itself at the conclusion of the last chapter--that of endeavouring to ascertain whether the estimated...
Chapter Six. Administration : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 89 CHAPTER SIX Administration 'The present evils of city life are temporary and remediable. The abolition of the slums, and the destruction of their virus, are as feasible as the drainage of a swamp, and the total dissipation of its...
Introduction : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 41 INTRODUCTION 'New forces, new cravings, new aims, which had been silently gathering beneath the crust of reaction, burst suddenly into view.'--J. R. GREEN, "Short History of the English People", Chap. x. 'Change is consummated...
Chapter Three. The Revenue Of Garden Citytown : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 66 CHAPTER THREE The Revenue Of Garden City--Town Estate 'Whatever reforms be introduced into the dwellings of the London poor, it will still remain true that the whole area of London is insufficient to supply its population with fresh...
Chapter Five. Further Details Of Expenditure : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 81 CHAPTER FIVE Further Details Of Expenditure On Garden City 'Oh! if those who rule the destinies of nations would but remember this--if they would but think how hard it is for the very poor to have engendered in their hearts th...
Chapter Two. The Revenue Of Garden City : * "Garden Cities of To-morrow", by Ebenezer Howard, [1902], p. 58 CHAPTER TWO The Revenue Of Garden City, And How It Is Obtained--The Agricultural Estate 'It is my object to put forward a theoretical outline of a community so circumstanced and so maintained by the exercise of its own free will...