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September, 1944
Page 299
Decentralization of Cities — In Hand-Made Lantern Slides
By ANN GALE Roosevelt High School, Chicago
THE congestion in our large cities and the need for rebuilding bombed European cities has started a movement toward decentralization of urban areas. The following slides may introduce six aspects of this for civics, home economics or art classes.
1.) The growth of the commercial area in the heart of the city has encroached on living quarters and created a slum section.
2.) The unplanned response to this crowding in most cities is the development of suburbs or dormitory areas outside of the city. The slide shows Chicago suburban areas.
3.) Competent town designers think that the decayed slum area may be revitalized by rebuilding well planned units with large areas of space around them. They feel that industry should be removed if necessary and localized into
communities with the workers living in the neighborhood. Each part of the metropolitan area should be separated by park land. This slide shows the way such a development may start by showing first a congested block, then two areas of building surrounded by space and finally the nine buildings free-standing.
4.) The old gridiron plan of city streets has been abandoned by modern designers because the most beautiful old towns grew naturally — like cell growth. This slide shows the plan of a medieval town.
5.) Informal balance rather than formal is now used. The arrangement of the temples on the acropolis at Athens is informal.
6.) Modern city designers plan to relate the whole group of buildings and the space created by their arrangement.
The simplest type of h and made slide is made by drawing or tracing on finely finished etched glass with or dinar y medium lead pencil. Color, by special crayons or inks, enhances the slides greatly. Fine effects are obtained by blending with crayons. About one third inch margin should be left all around the slide. The slide is readily cleaned with soap or washing powder to receive a new picture.