In France, along with the slogan of Corbusier, it is necessary to kill the Corridor street, Marseille Lods put forward a slogan that denies any perimeter development of streets, which, as he claims, are intended only for traffic. Among the statements there are those that emphasize the social role of the street and protect it from the decay. American Karl Fais considers the most weak side of the development of new small cities in a low-hand group in them 1-story individual houses.
In the construction of many new cities, often rational and technically progressive urban planning principles are applied. Nevertheless, these cities cannot carry out reformal tasks to improve the old capitalist cities and the creation of exemplary inhabited places of a new type. If we approach a wider socio-urban plan of view, then the construction of new cities in the conditions of the capitalist world cannot serve as a means of eradicating the vices of the capitalist city. Of course, in the first years of the existence of new cities, contrasts and the contradictions of capitalism have not yet been affected by them quite strongly. But over time, more rich and poorer quarters are inevitably formed in them, and with the advent of unemployment – and sluggish areas. Some alarming symptoms in this regard have already appeared at the present time.
So, in the brochure of the chief director of g. Harlow, published in July 1954., indicates the excessively high cost of housing construction in Harlow and a high apartment fee. The latter in Harlow, as in many other new cities, is much higher than in old cities. So far, ”says Adam, there was still no difficulty renting apartments, but this is most likely explained by the fact that thanks to the large number of qualified labor at Harlow enterprises (due to their specialization), wages in the city are still on a higher level than it usually takes place. The inevitability of class stratification, polarization of poverty and wealth, not coordinated development and spontaneously proceeding processes are inherent in any city of capitalist society – large or small, including one that is originally developing on a relatively organized base.
