Robinson, Charles Mulford. Better Binghamton: A Report to The Mercantile-Press Club of Binghamton, N. Y. September 1911. Binghamton, NY: Mercantile Press Club, 1911. First Edition. [10354]
Quarter brown cloth with patterned brown leather boards, gilt title to front, 10 x 8 inches, binding is a little edge-worn and scuffed. 1988 signature & address in black ink on the ffep; end papers are foxed. 138 pp. of which 105 are numbered. Profusely illustrated from b/w photos of the city of Binghamton and area. One leaf has a repair using archival document tape. There is no map pocket or large map with this copy; it does not appear to have been issued with one. Good. Hardcover.
Charles Mulford Robinson (1869-1917), pioneering urban planner and the first Professor of Civic Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne. The civic and business leaders called upon him to draw up plans for city improvement, and this is his report. It relates first the history of the city with many illustrations and photographs, and suggests improvements in these three areas: 1. Elementary needs - paving, sidewalks, street improvements &c.; 2. The Street Plan, and 3. Parks, Playgrounds and Pleasure Drives.
