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Law of the Indies

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established planning principals in spanish pueblos, central town

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Philadelphia Plan (1682)

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grids and parks

william penn

divide city into 4 quadrants

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Annapolis Plan (1695)

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francis nicholson laid out plan for annapolis

modified baroque plan, two main circles with radial streets

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Savannah Plan 1733

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wart park system

James oglethorpe

basic design was a art, four large residential blocks and central square

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Ordinance of 1785

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metes and bounds to public land survey system

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1791 plan for washington

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pierre lefnfant

based on grids and radials
used by 1902 mcmillan commission

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who helped Pierre L’Enfant with plan for Washington dc

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Benjamin Banneker and Andrew Ellicott

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what year was transcontinental railroad

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1849 to 1869

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morrill act

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set up A&M schools around the country

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what was the first company town

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pullman illinois 1880

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who wrote how the other half lives

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Jacob Riis

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12
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when was the world columbian exposition

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1893

associated with daniel burnham (city beautiful movement), also known as white city since all buildings were painted white

chicago

burnham was helped by olmstead

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tomorrow: a peaceful path to real reform who wrote and what cities

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ebenezer howard

letchworth and welwyn

first use in US was forest hill gardens in NY

idealized city

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what was idealized garden city by ebenezer howard

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32 000 people, 6000 acres

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what are some cities influenced by garden city movement

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sunnyside gardens

radburn, nj

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greenbelt towns

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greenbelt, maryland
greenhils, ohio
greendale, wisconsin

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17
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towns from new town movement

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reston, virginia
columbia, maryland

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“New” New york tenement houselaw

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eliminated dumbell design, had to be toilet in each unit, needed window
1901

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1st national conference in city planning

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1909

beginning of APA

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1909 plan of Chicago (who)

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Burnham and bennet

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standard state zoning enabling act, when and what

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1922

laid out model of how to do zoning, model ordinance that states could adapt at state level

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concentric zone theory (who)

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burgess

based on Chicago

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state city planning enabling act, when and what

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1928

laid out details of how to do a model ordinance for suburbs

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Radburn, NJ: when, who and based on what

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1929, Stein and Wright, Garden City Theory

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Neighborhood Unit Concept: who, what book/survey

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Clarence Perry
1929
regional survey of NY and its environs

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central place theory: who, what, when

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1933, christaller, settlements functions as central places providing services to surrounding areas

settlements are hierarchal

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Sector Theory: who, when, what

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1939, homer Hoyt, transit corridors, different types of uses stay on same transportation corridors

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TVA: what

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30
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Multiple Nuclei Model

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Harris and Ullman

31
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when was parks movement in US

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1850s

32
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Jane Addams

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Chicago’s Hull House, providing opportunities for working class immigrants, women and children

33
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superblock

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area of urban land bounded by arterial roads

Clarence Perry argued for super blocks for neighborhood unit plan

34
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first official and permanent local planning board, 1907

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hartford

35
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first state enabling legislation permitting cities to plan (1909)

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Wisconsin

36
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first comprehensive zoning ordinance (1916)

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NYC
Bassett
ORDINANCE NOT PLAN

37
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Land use associates with what movement

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city efficient movement in 1920s

38
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1st standard state zoning enabling act year

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1924

39
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what city adopted first comprehensive plan and who led it

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Cincinnati, led by Alfred bettman in 1925
bettman helped win case in Euclid v ambler, was first president of ASPO

40
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TVA, what is it

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Tennessee Valley Authority created in congress in 1933

part of Roosevelts New Deal to provide navigation flood control, electricity etc to Tennessee valley

TVA actions were racist, displaced and relocated poor

TVA officials excluded black workers from city (Norris, Tennessee for example), created sundown town

41
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Section 701 of the housing act in 1954

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subsidized thousands of comprehensive plans for small cities less than 25,000

42
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city functional movement

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1940s, administrationn ww2

43
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who wrote cities in evolution in 1915

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patrick geddes

father of modern planning

44
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who wrote “Modern Housing” in 1934

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Catherine Bauer Wurster

45
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Who wrote image of the city

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Kevin Lynch

46
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who wrote the city in history

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Lewis Mumford

47
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who wrote “the Urban General Plan”

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T J Kent

48
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Who wrote the power broker in 1974

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Robert Caro

49
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Who wrote social life of small urban places 1980

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William Whyte

50
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who wrote edge city in 1991

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Joel Garreau

51
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Who wrote rural by design in 1994

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Randall Arendt

52
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what is the social life of small urban places (book) by william H whyte

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began mini revolution and sociable urban design

examined moral dimensions of planning, responsibility to create healthy public places

based on people watching

triangulation, ability of a public space to bring people togetehr

people always move chairs before sitting

concerned with access to food and public space

53
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father of american zoning

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edward bassett

NYC zoning code guy

54
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father o city planning

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burnham

55
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father of ecological planning

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mchardg

56
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father of modern housing code

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Lawrence veiller

“new” new york housing tenement code

57
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father of advocacy planning

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paul davidoff

58
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who wrote rules for radicals

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saul alinsky

59
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who did arcology

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paolo soleri

60
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who did flordas growth management plan

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john degrove

61
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first national park

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Yellowstone, 1872

62
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first wildlife refuge

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pelican island Florida 1903first

63
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first city subway

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Boston in 1897

64
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first us transcontinental highway

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Lincoln highway 1913

65
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first city zoning ordinance

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new york in 1916 (bassett)

66
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first city comprehensive plan

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Cincinnati in 1925 (Bennet)

67
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first limited access highway

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bronx river parkway (1926)

68
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first skyscraper

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Chicago 1884

69
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first planning commission

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Hartford Connecticut 1907

70
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first historic preservation commission

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Vieux Carre, New Orleans (1921/1925)

71
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first historic preservation ordinance

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Charleston 1931

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