It is also a common knowledge that Tokyo had experienced various damages from earthquakes and fires even before the Great Kanto Earthquake, and under the budget cuts of the project, the reconstruction committee utilized common lands of shrines and filled up old canals without costing any money.
即ち、関東大震災以前にも東京が震災や火災による被害を受けていた点、また帝都復興予算が削られたために復興委員会は買収費用がかからない共有地の杜を潰し掘割を埋めているのもまた周知の事実である。