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NEW IDEALS IN THE PLANNING OF of buildings from time to time follows, as a matter of course, in accordance with a well-considered scheme.

9. Financial return from increased taxes due to the higher values of property near the established municipal center, and to the erection of hotels, theaters, office buildings, etc., which naturally seek the desirable locations adjacent to public buildings, and the open spaces and parks surrounding them.

10. Larger dividends from the money which the city invests in architecture and other forms of outdoor civic art; a better effect is secured for the same money, or an equally good effect for less money, than would be the case with buildings without orderly relation to each other.

11. An effective combination of many of the arts in a single harmonious composition. This combination permits the municipality to engage more highly qualified and experienced men to make plans for its civic group.