(City Plan - Saint Paul)    BENNETT, Edward H. and Wm. E. PARSONS; George H. HERROLD.   PLAN OF SAINT PAUL   The Capital City Of Minnesota.     &nbspSt. Paul: The Commissioner of Public Works,   1922.          A substantial illustrated plan submitted to Saint Paul's citizens by their very active City Planning Board. George Herrold served as managing director and engineer while Edward H. Bennett (co-author of the ground-breaking Plan of Chicago) and his partner, William Parsons, worked as consultants. The report covers work undertaken since mid-1919. Reviews and proposals for major streets and parkways, trucking routes and railroads are addressed. Proposals are made for capitol approaches (with reference to the former Cass Gilbert plan) and for new civic administration buildings. Traffic analysis, sidewalk and business development issues and zoning issues are treated. A recommendation for treatment of the city's railroad problem is presented by Wallace & Noonan of Chicago. An appendix provides current acreage for the park system, along with recommendations for further expansions or alterations.   Stapled pamphlet (quarto-sized), 30.5 x 23 cm., 64 pp. with illustrations throughout from photographs, plans and diagrams + 5 black and white folding plans + 1 color folding plan.            Original stiff paper covers, printed on upper cover, lightly soiled, and a bit nicked at edges, else a very good copy. $225.00

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