MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE

EAST LANSING
DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE AND
URBAN PLANNING
Mr. Gordon w. Lamphere
1840 National Building
Detroit 26, Michigan
Dear Mr. Lamphere:
November 27, 1950
The college does not offer any extension service in the field of City
Planning. However, I personally act as Planning Consultant for connnuni-
ties whenever such work can be done without interference to my teaching
schedule. I spent this past summer working with the City of Birmingham.
I do not know exactly what you have reference to in your letter of November
20th, but would assume that any recommendations regarding street closures
or restrictions of traffic within a residential section would require a
careful study as to the flow of traffic from home to work and from home
to school. Evidently you are concerned with having too much vehicular
traffic going through a residential section; such problems do require
considerable study, and should be done on a reasonably large area. If
I could help you or the city of Ferndale as a whole, I will be very
pleased to meet with you to discuss such a possibility.
I a'!l pleased that you are purchasing my book and am sure that you will
find it a handy reference book for your office.
CWB/DW

Charles w. Barr, Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
and Urban Planning