Posted Sep 18, 2013, 1:43 AM
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♒︎ Empirically Canadian
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It seems planning was an issue in St. John's as early as 1894.
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Where is the City Planning?
ARCHIVAL MOMENT
September 10, 1894
On September 10, 1894 the local St. John’s newspaper, The Daily News, published a letter to The Editor commenting on development near Quidi Vidi Lake, St. John’s. The writer was not amused that expansion was taking place near the lake without any definite plan.
The anonymous writer, identified as ‘A Passerby,’ wrote:
“Is there not a law about uniformity in house building.”
The writer was particularly infuriated that shebeens were being constructed and worse tolerated.
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Continue to article: http://archivalmoments.ca/2013/09/wh...city-planning/
Luckily things have come a long way. 
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