1: Fundamental Planning Knowledge Flashcards
1st city comprehensive zoning ordinance
New York City (1916)
Written by Edward Bassett
A key concept in the zoning ordinance was establishing setbacks at specific heights, but did not establish height limitations.
Later upheld in 1920 in Lincoln Trust Co. v. The Williams Bldg. Corp
Established cumulative zoning
1st metropolitan regional plan
The Chicago Plan (1909)
Developed by Daniel Burnham
Sherry Arnstein
Wrote “A Ladder of Citizen Participation” for the Journal of the American Planning Association in 1969. This article describes the levels of involvement by citizens depending on the form of participation utilized.
James Rouse
James Rouse was the developer that conceived of Columbia, Maryland. Rouse strongly believed in the new cities movement that by proper design blight could be eliminated.
1st full-time planner
Harland Bartholomew
Newark, NJ (1914)
1st historic preservation ordinance
Charleston (1921)
Saul Alinsky
Advocate of community organizing. Alinsky organized Chicago’s poor in the late 1930s and 1940s. Back of the Yards movement. In 1946, he published Reveille for Radicals, which encouraged those who were poor to become involved in American democracy. Later he published Rules for Radicals, which provided 13 rules for community organizing.
an organizational approach that has invitations sent out by the neighborhood or organization and a paid organizer is then sent to the neighborhood
1st National Wildlife Refuge
Pelican Island, FL (1903)
First issue of City Planning
1925, published by ACPI and the National Conference on City Planning.
Predecessor to JAPA.
AIP adopted a Code of Ethics for professional planners.
1971
First major indoor shopping mall
Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, opened in 1956, was the first indoor, climate-controlled regional mall.
ASPO
American Society of Planning Officials
Started in 1934
First prez: Alfred Bettman
The Geography of Nowhere
Written by James Kunstler, a book about suburban sprawl and its impact on American communities
1st state to pass enabling legislation for zoning
Wisconsin (1909)
With Heritage So Rich
Edited by Alfred Reins, published in 1966.
This is a seminal book in historic preservation.
1st city subway
Boston (1897)
Patrick Geddes
Cities in Evolution - published in 1915.
This book centers on regional planning.
“Conurbation” - describes large scale regions
1st comprehensive plan
Cincinnati (1925)
Developed by Alfred Bettman and Ladislas Segoe.
Focused on infrastructure projects and called for planning to be controlled by a citizen city planning commission.
Local Planning Administration
Ladislas Segoe, published in 1941.
This book was the first in the Green Book Series produced by the International City/County Management Association.
1st historic preservation commission
Vieux Carre, New Orleans (1921)
Standard State Zoning Enabling Act
1924
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover
1st National Planning Conference
1909
Washington, D.C.
1st major American city to apply the City Beautiful principles
San Francisco (1906)
Developed by Daniel Burnham
Lawrence Veiller
Lawrence Veiller is the father of the modern housing code. He was concerned with housing conditions for those who are low income. He produced a Tenement Exhibition with proposals for New York City. He went on to become secretary of the New York State Tenement House Commission and drafted the New York State Tenement House Act of 1901 that established basic housing laws - including fire exits and running water for bathrooms in every tenement.
1st regional planning commission
Los Angeles County (1922)
1st US Transcontinental Highway
Lincoln Highway (dedicated 1913)
Image of the City
Kevin Lynch, published in 1960.
This book defines basic concepts within the city, such as edges and nodes.
Charles Abrams
Created the New York Housing Authority. In 1965 he published The City is the Frontier, a book that provided harsh criticism to the U.S. federal policies surrounding slum clearance, urban renewal, and public housing.
The Urban General Plan
TJ Kent, published in 1964.
T.J. Kent defines the comprehensive plan as a community’s official statement of policies regarding desirable future physical development and its implications of socio-economic polices; the plan should be comprehensive in scope, general in nature and long-range in perspective. Should be identified as the City Council’s plan
1st planning commission
Hartford, CT (1907)
Catherine Bauer Wurster
Founder of American housing policy. She worked to reform policy that was related to housing and city planning. She served as executive secretary of the Regional Planning Association of America. She wrote Modern Housing and was influential in the passage of the Housing Act of 1937.
How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis, published in 1890.
This book resulted in housing reform in New York City.
Rexford Tugwell
Served as the head of the Resettlement Administration. He worked on the greenbelt cities program, which sought construction of new, self-sufficient cities. Tugwell was closely involved in the development of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a Resettlement Administration community. He later served on the New York City Planning Commission and served as governor of Puerto Rico.
1st statewide zoning
Hawaii (1961)
Amended in 1978
The Rise of the Creative Class
Richard Florida, published in 2003.
This book focuses on the importance of creative professionals in the overall economic growth and health of urban areas.
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was constructed on the Colorado River, between the states of Arizona and Nevada.
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
William Whyte, published in 1980.
This book promotes the use of environmental psychology and sociology in urban design.
Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago
1912, published by Walter Moody
Adopted as an eighth-grade textbook by the Chicago Board of Education. This is the first known formal instruction in city planning below the college level.
1st limited access highway
Bronx River Parkway (1926)
1st federally supported public housing to be constructed
Cleveland (1934)
(first to be occupied was located in Atlanta)
American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO)
1934, Alfred Bettman 1st prez