Show CITY PLANNING IDEA GROWS phase of community activity once onca Reig aryed as visionary has hal taken hold on popular interest Int erect city planning which may many once have hate been regarded as the pecullar peculiar project of meddle meddlesome oats theorists has baa taken newbold on popular interest in aalthe i united states new york city sup gup piles PlIes one notable example of planning activity an examination of 0 the causes underlying disastrous slumps slump sla in property in what former formerly lya a congested district in the lower part of manhattan island showed that the dis brict had been permitted ito grow ow in haphazard fashion without bany forethought of the inevitable growth of a business section farther uptown new york business men saw toolate too late that such ouch a condition could have been prevented and they asked for and obtained a planning commission interest ln in city planning has been awakened in indiana fort wayne Is the firsti city in the state to announce anno unco preparations for a planning exhibition although the chamber of commerce I 1 of indianapolis and several oth er cities have been considering local exhibitions exhibitions as the first step la in a campaign to get a law authorizing planning C commissions 0 the material and scope of these exhibitions can be adjusted to local needs but the purpose of 0 all of them mein Is to visualize city planning as it Is proc coding in other places and to show to the uninformed or skeptical citizen that it has an intensely practical value indianapolis star |