Excerpt from Modern Civic Art: Or the City Made Beautiful The best phase of the movement is not, however, its extent, nor even its vigour and growing efficiency, but the dependence it puts on the ideal. By select ing here and selecting there, the dreamed City Beautiful becomes a reality, is made a tangible goal. Nobody now laughs it to scorn. Boards of Trade work for it; Chambers of Commerce appoint com missions to consider the local development; to do one's part, in association or individually by gifts, to bring nearer its consummation, has become the test of public Spirit and philanthropy; corporations ac knowledge its claim to consideration, and politicians have respect for the popular faith in it. It is the one definite civic ideal now before the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.