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sections is to have a central open area which is to be

developed as a park, a play ground to keep the children

off the streets, or as all arden plots for thoBT

who desire to work them.

The large western park includes an old Chinese village which contains an excellent example of a Buddist

temple datin back several hundred years and a such

later three story pagoda, lately fully restored. This park is proposed as a living sociological and archeological

useum patterned after the celebrated Skangen in @took

holm. In this park can be gathered exuples of fara

buildings, early villa e houses, and exu ples of later

community or anisations, all occupied, and the inhabitants

curr ing on their regular nodes of life-either primitive, mediaeval or early modern. In addition, examples of ultra-

modern workin, -weans' villa es and other elements of

village life will be erected, with modern schools, hospitals

and other items. In other words the park will be a co-

plete living history of south Chinese social evolution.

The streets are planned with green strip

separations between motor and hunsu drawn vehicles aud

between those operating in opposite directions. The east and west streets are elevated over those coming fro north at the junction of the two main aystems, with ample

means of access between each path of travel and each other

one, in the approved Aerican style of clover leafs und

hu e traffic circle. The railroad approaches to the main

pasren er station are likewise to be elevated, but also

carefully sore nad so as to minimize amoyance.

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can be

1th modern baladins of consistent design

made possible through architectural control which

aecured because the overn ent will probably own all the

land and arrange ite regulated uas throu h land leases: with its momental water ate; its lame lakes serving duel

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