Fundamental Planning Knowledge Flashcards
What year was the first National Planning Conference on City Planning and Congestion Relief in Washington, D.C.?
1909
What year was the first city planning course taught in Harvard’s Landscape Architecture Department?
1909
When was the first formal instruction/book published on city planning (below college level), who wrote it, and what was it called?
Walter Moody’s “Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago” (1912)
What was the first major textbook in city planning, who wrote it, and what was it called?
Flavel Shurtleff’s “Carrying Out the City Plan” (1914)
When was ACIP founded, and what does it stand for?
The American City Planning Institute was founded in 1917
Who was the first president of ACIP?
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
What was ACIP renamed, and when?
American Institute of Planners (AIP) in 1939. AIP was a forerunner to the AICP.
When was the first issue of City Planning (forerunner to the Journal of the American Planning Association - JAPA) published, which organization published it, and what was it called?
The first issue of “City Planning” was published by ACIP in 1925
What year was ASPO founded, and what does it stand for?
The American Society of Planning Officials was founded in 1934
When did AIP adopt a Code of Ethics for professional planners?
1971
When was the first AIP membership exam administered?
1977
When was AICP created, and what two organizations merged to create it?
AICP was created in 1978 as a merger between AIP and ASPO
When was the first issue of “The Journal of Planning Education and Research,” and who published it?
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning published the first issue in 1981
When and where were the first land use zoning restrictions on noxious uses passed?
San Francisco, 1867
When, where and who created the first local civic center plan (in the US)?
Daniel Burnham, John Carrere, and Arnold Brunner created the first local civic center plan in Cleveland in 1903
When and what was the first major US city to apply City Beautiful principles?
San Francisco, 1906 (Daniel Burnham’s plan)
When and where was the first town planning board created?
1907 in Hartford, Connecticut
Who, when, and where was the first metropolitan regional plan created? What did it focus on and what did it miss?
Chicago, 1909, Daniel Burnham. It focused on incorporating the ideas of City Beautiful (waterfront development, parks, civic center spaces). It was criticized for failing to address issues like housing, poverty, transportation efficiency. It failed to foresee the impact of the automobile.
When and what state was the first to pass land use zoning enabling legislation?
Wisconsin, 1909
Which city was the first to use land use zoning to guide development?
Los Angeles, 1909
Who, when, and in which city was the first full-time employee hired for a city planning commission?
Harland Bartholomew was hired by Newark, NJ in 1914
When and where was the first comprehensive zoning code adopted? Who wrote it?
New York City, 1916, written by Edward Bassett
When and where was the first regional planning commission formed?
Los Angeles, 1922
Who issued the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act, and when?
Secretary Herbert Hoover of the US Department of Commerce, 1924