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Whet :happens when 1.5;000 to
18,000 people areplaced on 200
acres of land.? It is not a problem
that is likely to tae district coun-
cils in the immediate future, but
in North York ' township,' in the
metropolitan area I where vast
apartment developments are con-
templated, the question is far from
academic.
To see how European centres
ha'Ve ;adjusted 'to :apartment .cities,
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Nen'Larone, editor of the Doij Mills
Mirror, recently • visited 'England,
Sweden, Finland, and bennn'arkk and
wrote." his impressio.ns."• 'Excerpts
from his reports, as'; -.they appeal--
ed in the Mirror, are reproduced
below.
Ken'Larone,', son -of Mr: an(14I•rs--
EimerLaronev ofSeaforth, attend=
cktool heze During ills school;
Years , and while ' a ` studen"t 'o# the:
lausnaliszn...Course Lat:Ry_e>:snn
titute• in "Toronto, he contributed
t0 the coiumns of •The Huron' Ex-
COPENHAGEN—The; 'people . of
Denmark use quality and imagin-,
ation . to get top products.
Thousands of North - Yorkers
know this when they study the,
Scandanavian furniture 'sitting in.
their living rooms, 1had.the 'same
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Custom (A9E), Sale, each.:. .. ., ....276 00,,
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FCC STATION—FEED MILL
feeling of adniiration after study-
ing the apartm. ent city of Bellahoi,
a four-year-old development on the
outskirts of this city of.1,000,000
people:. .
Kisbye Nielsen, architect and.de-
veloper for the 1,297 apartment
project;; said six years ofstudying
and planning -:preceded the -.first
bulldozer in 1950. "Bellahoi was the
chailpnge 'of ;creating' a pleasant
place' to live when the maximum
number of -people was placed on a
ni
numum amount of land.
• When drivuib Pio Bellahoi from -
the heart 'of Copenhagen, the.;eight..
and 12-storey,apartment buildings
,broke the skyline with .dignity °, E r.
en staniduig .' close tothe buildings
;they '"looked good These . giant
homes of white brick. =grey '„brick
and ' glass: 'were .spaced on rolling'
.grasslands so residents didn't, have
to look into' the apartment of their.”
neighbors:.They, could look .across
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a large- wooded; pa's at the~"city's
..
Mr.. and, Mrs: °Fsbjorn All.in."were
a -young couple who were happy
with their two-bedroom- apartment
oil the lOth floor of one of the "bj ' r '
Ings. -,Even with -their . two-year-old
son they :wouldn't wanttto return to
lower floor in a smaller:'apartment.
building;, '
During the past three -years, ; Mrs.
AIlin has developed a deep, liking•
for the new' -ideas in this develop-
ment:
evelop-
ment.'..Qnly ' one- large :laundry
serves- the 4,000People' of"Bellahoi,
but each` flat has a small wash tub
_inf.the.bathroom:' Mrs. Allin says it
.works well..
t 1rand ' four. stores
restCloseauranta,, nurseryare school, mo,yie
primary school, Youth .hostel• and
-recreation centre
- •The'Allins admit 'they may, never
own ajaorne of :their' own. With 000,000 ,banes living on land 1-20
the size'of Ontario, land'is too Vali .
-a"'ble for single `£'amity homes. n
:ly the wealthy Can afford a home
STOCKHOLM' '- Extensive plan-
ning is the safest; insurance against
apartment city failure,' insist .the
scientific planners of Sweden:I',
Men who built one: of the world's'
finest apartment; cities;: nsist rap-
id transportation, natural. beauty,
acres of'green grass .and flower
beds, sufficient sidewalks and ade-
quate -roads are as :.essential: as
good buildings and sewers.
Stockholm politicians `discovered
this when they settled 23,000' people
on • four `square miles, This' dr'aw-
;ing-board`city was 'called by, 'was an experiment,aimed at
giving good living 'to thousands•
people owa small number of, acres..
• From row housing' to 12 -storey
apartments,: this , development' is
considered a success .in its 'Mus•
-
keka 'Lake 'setting: Vallingby> is.
'about the: same -distance from' the
eart of the.. city as Fleniingdon
ROEHAMPTON' LANE -- When
thousands of people are'placed:en
, small areas of land, English plan-
ners.
lanners. insist it can be a pleasant •
place to" eve.'.
John Bridges, planner 'and archi-`
tet for' London County council,..
learned this theory from Scandan-,
avians: Since being enlightened he.
has tested it and, today he points
with pride to this' apartment' city
on the outskirts of London.
"Politicians, and ordinary: citi-
zens often'find it difficult: to under-
-stand how we can place an aver-
age of 100 people' on an acre , an;d
'melte it a pleasant place to live,",
"Marsh,`. and roll land can be
overcrowded with': seven •people td.
an .acre, With -.proper natural beau
ty and good land, 200 people can,
live on an acre. The secret of Pro-
tecting our plea$ant countryside,
heritage':is; building up,", •
The apartment" buildings of `Roe
hampton reach-` 11 arid 12 storeys.
Ar.Qund thein are wadded 'areas
with rolling •greenz,land.. The 'com-
plete development is 200 acres: It
has- 100' acres of natural:'parkland,
and flower -••gardens, 70 :acres for
dwellings and the 'remaining thirty
acres is for churches, schools, cam-
mercial areas and recreation build-
Inggs
To offer variety, some buildings
were built "on pillars. Mr. Bridges
Says it allows, peiple to see under.
the building•.andenjoy the "appear-
ance of -natural beauty on'°the other
side .
The Ro'eham ton housing project
is :'subsidized by ;the London caun-
ty council and people `living here
only pay'three-fifths of the rent
cost The-L,C.C, has financed the
whole project cover' 60 .y_ear to of
fer'j the residents lowest possible
731 LS'TNK'I =Six 17111eS'�Cve'St Elf
this :city '6,000 people live in a(
suburb clustered with flower,' gar-
dens; pine 'and while birch; rolling
lawns:” near; inlets and sotnds' re-
sembling Ontario's'''Muskolta, "are,.:;
•Sociologist 7orina A a f ton en
thinks some of thee: most contented'.
people in.:the world must; live
is suburb? called ,.Tapiola kr.!
A
altonen has worked with the de
elopers' for five `years in an .ef
ort. to make the -garden , city of
all aparutments. and row houses,
njoyable:for an average n citizeof
Finland.• J
A ,private enterprise a•'suntosk`-
seaatio, (Housing Foundation);. bac.
d.by siiC'social and. trade_ organ''
nations, "began in- 1952 to' establish
complete; town in :unspoiled cou'ri:
ry, ; pointing a .new way °;to°' plan
nd :build- modern ,communities: By.
962 the developers hope the pro
ect will: be complete and the'total.
population ;will';be°`18,000' with '60
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Park will' be from; dowritowt Toron-
to. The.' subway,train to=Vallingby
takes; 25: minutes` at rush hour. A
,sinall.percentage: o£. V allingby •-re's$
dents usethe subway: Most of theta
work close .to home ande'take a -'bus'
to:work use their cars
About 95, per, cent of the people
rent their ho,ines..Theypay an av
erage;ofr,$480 a' yearfor-their one-
bedio4un • apartment, This is 'one-
third the . price, people can expect.
to'pay. .if'they move intoe Fleming -
don Park:
Since; Sweden is a social welfare.
state, °the:'government builds 'and
owns 'most new.' housing projects:.
V>allmgby; sone:: of: them: The .ten-'
'ants get • their :homes at cost ` and
if -unseen expenses• develop, they
pay the` differenee- intaxes.
Inside' -the apartment, most pec-
ple decorate Scandinavian ,..style.
.Since' Sweden'sstandard of living
almost equals.Canada's; the refrig-
erator, hi-fi; .,'television, Luxus
lamps, large _ljbi-;cries' and Senor
an's crystal are within the budget
of uiost'.'.people: Swedes believe
beauty is,a mixture of. quality With.
.simplicity' -and, neatness. This "bas,'
ic thinking is obvious`, .in most
homes
The people, of il►is wealthy ;Niro -
peen, peon, countrput` emphasis on dif
ferent.things thaui'Canadians. With
in the apartment city of Vallingby,
the:difference is obvious: There"are
only two churches:for or 23,000 ppeee
pie. If the churches ate full, they
y1111191(1' a ,total of 375,; woiiSIIip
pers. Don Mills,. a community With
the seine, population AS Vallingby,
has ..seven churches. Each Of these
Churches' .boldsre -than the to -
til 375 for Vallirigby's two church-
.1laliingby has a library of 20,000
books •far its residents, area
the •size. of •ton Mills,' York Mills
and Victoria Park relies- on the
few .hundred books ,in a -bookmo-
bile, ' - • . -
Even though it means, digging
through granite, : the builders of
this apartment city electri-
cal wires and telephone wires
should be buried underground. Al
though a few hydro poles are used,,
they are kept ata': minimum. Achi-'
tects and. planners ,'believe poles
and• wires can destroy the beauty
of an attractive coriimunity. This
belief is. carried throughout many
European countries. In Vallingby,
the planners apologize for the :ap-
pearance,''of their few hydro poles.
A. concert hall in the town cen-
tre is used four or five nights a
week: The movie house has one
showing a .bight. The restaurant
features°nightly entertainment, Val-
lingby suburbanites can,din.e, wine
andd be entertained for $5 a per-
son.
er-son ;
Although' Vallingby is rated a;
success, 'there area few mistakes.
The circular apartment buildings
are ati example, The apartments
are. pie -shaped. This shape offers
the resident poor lighting , and
waste space. This type of example
is rare, With this project.cofnplet
ed the- Swedes offer the rest of
the •worlda vast knowledge abotit
apartment cities, ; When. building
Fletaingdofi• Park, the :,Swedish
-planners-tell-their-Canndi li--i-rien+
to recognitie the need for;adequate
transportatiati. They suggest fear'',
lane roads': and a subway',:
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