Tuesday 15 April 2014

City Beautiful Movement - Manila !

City Beautiful movement

The Cavite Boulevard was part of Architect Daniel Burnham's plan for beautifying the city of Manila. At the request of Commissioner William Cameron Forbes, Burnham visited the country in 1905 at the height of the City Beautiful movement, a trend in the early 1900s in America for making cities beautiful along scientific lines, for the future urban development of Manila.
 
According to Burnham's original concept of the Cavite Boulevard, the bayfront from the Luneta southward should be a continuous parkway, extending in the course of time all the way to the Cavite Navy Yard about 20 miles (32 km) away. This boulevard, about 250 ft (76 m) in width, with roadways, tramways, bridle path, rich plantations, and broad sidewalks, should be available for all classes of people in all sorts of conveyances, and so well shaded with coconut palms, bamboo, and mangoes as to furnish protection from the elements at all times.

In order to make the boulevard presentableand useful as soon as possible, a quick-growing tree like the acacia might be planted, alternating with the trees of slower growth, and be replaced after the latter attain their growth. The boulevard's seaward side should be planted so as to interrupt occasionally the view of the sea and, by thus adding somewhat of mystery, enhance the value of the stretch of ocean and sky. The boulevard would be on reclaimed land to about as far south as the Old Fort San Antonio Abad in Malate, beyond which it strikes the beach and follows the shore line to Cavite. The possible extension of the ocean boulevard along the north shore would naturally depend upon the development of the town in that direction and upon the question of additional harbor works north of the Pasig River.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxas_Boulevard

Saturday 12 April 2014

Saint Joseph's Institution Open House

In the open house of Saint Joseph's Institution, The Young Mayors got down to work.  Sharing their experience as a winning team and explaining to visitors the importance of Urban Town Planning. Kudos to SJI

Thursday 3 April 2014

Interview with Chinese Daily "Lianhe Zao Bao"


The champions of The Young Mayor 2014 competition, Hwa Chong Institution and Dunman High School share with Chinese Daily "Lianhe Zao Bao" their experience with "Planning a Clean and Green Township, Yangon, Myanmar".