History

Question 1

City Beautiful Movement

Answer 1

Late 1800s and early 1900s
Daniel Burnham
Created Beaux-Arts style civic centers to address severe poverty, crime and blight.
White City was the first model civic center in 1893
McMillan Plan of 1901 for Washington DC

Question 2

Garden City Movement

Answer 2

Ebenezer Howard 1898
Self contained with a population of 30,000 on 1,000 acres.
Letchworth city built in 1903
Sunnyside Gardens, NY 1922 (planned community)
Radburn, NJ 1928 designed by Clarence Stein and Henry Wright

Question 3

The City Efficient

Answer 3

Against City Beautiful Movement, focused on function and efficiency

Question 4

City Humane Movement

Answer 4

1930s after the Great Depression, focused on jobs and housing

Question 5

City Functional Movement

Answer 5

1940s Emphasized administrative efficiency, coincident with the growth of the military and post-war industrialization