RIBBON DEVELOPMENT
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sta,-----Since on the statement of the Minister of Transport, authorities are powerless to prohibit ribbon development, may I suggest that cities should revive the ancient Hellenic custom of welcoming Olympic winners by demolishing part of their own City Walls 7 In modern times, rejoicing would take slightly different forms and not all victories would be treated alike.
Local and inter-county ascendancy would impose a ban on building along arterial roads in the very outskirts where land values are cheapest and the desire to build not very pro- nounced. The radius would be inversely proportionate to the magnitude of the event, whilst greater victories would be
perpetuated by an actual demolition of existing buildings on the same scale of values. But the return of a Wimbledon victor or
a member of the winning Test team might prompt the d li-
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