Arthur J Price and Sons
(William
Henry Price (1891–1951)
Alfred J Price and DH Price)
Entry 70
Lytham, Lancashire, England
Arthur J Price and Sons was a Lancashire firm of engineers and surveyors,
with Arthur Price the Engineer Surveyor to the Lytham Urban Council.
His son William Price is thought to have been responsible for drawing
up the
federal capital plan while he was still a student. He later became
Surveyor and Water Engineer of Doncaster in 1943.
This plan has several meritorious points. Parliament is located
on Camp Hill, with government offices grouped nearby. There is
a City
Hall on
Vernon Hill, and a shopping area between this and the Molonglo
river. The main
residential district is to the southwest, and the industrial district
to the southeast. Streets radiate from Parliament Square and City
Hall. Cathedrals
form focal points, and churches and other buildings form vistas
in the smaller squares, crescents and circuses.
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