Bombed Churches as War Memorials. With a foreword by the
De of St. Paul's. (The Architectural Press. 3s. 6d.),
THIS delightful small book ought to find a large public and widely read both for the sake of its informative text, attractive illus trations-in both colour and black and white, its admirable sketche its plans for planting gardens on appropriate sites, and the intrinsi merit of its purpose, which is creative and economic in the best sense. While some misguided and short-sighted people have been advocating adding to the Nazi destruction of London by building houses in its parks and open spaces (instead of accelerating repairs and the building of decent new houses), others, more far-seeing and public-spirited, have .seen that the destroyed churches offered an extraordinary chance of adding to, not diminishing, the amenities of life in London. In this book we may read how it can be done at a minimum of expense, and it should be read not only by all Londoners but by city dwellers throughout the country.
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