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1
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Where did comprehensive planning start?

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Chicago (though that plan was not built)

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First city subway

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Boston, 1897

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WIlliam Penn came up with what city design?

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Philadelphia, rectangular grid with streets crossing each other at a central square – (grids and parks)

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Annapolic plan

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Radialcentric

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James Olgethorpe came up with what city design?

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Savannah, ward park system.

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Oridnance of 1785

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Provided for the rectangular land survey of the west in 36 sq mile grids. SIngle largest act of national planning in our history. Each square #16 would be a school.

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Design for Capitol in DC

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Created by L’Enfant in 1791. Design completed in 1902 by McMillon

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When did the Erie Canal open?

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  1. Greatly reduced shipping costs to the west, opened up Ohio and Midwest to more trade
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Homestead Act

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  1. Permitted new western settlers to claim 160 acres of public land if they lived there 5 years.
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Morrill Act

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  1. Proceeds for sale of public lands go to build agtilculture colleges
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Riverside, IL

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  1. Designing by Olmstead and Vaux as the first suburb west of Chicago
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“Old” New York Tenement Law

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1879 - required window openings and a bathroom per floor. Start of the dumbell tenements.

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Pullman, IL

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  1. Industrial town built for Pullman’s employees
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Book: How the Other Half Lives

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  1. by Jacob Riis, inspired social reform
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What book inspired social reform and Hull House?

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How the Other Half Lives, by Jacob Riis

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World Colombian Exposition

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  1. Designed by Daniel Burnham, started the City Beautiful Movement
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Book: Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform

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  1. by Ebenezer Howard
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18
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Letchworth and Welwyn

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Garden cities built in England by Ebenezer Howard

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“New” New York Tenement Law

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  1. Outlawed dumbell tenements
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1st National Conference on Planning

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  1. In DC, represented transition to planning by professionals
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21
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1909 Plan for Chicago

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Designing by Burnham and Bennett, did not get built

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22
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Radiant City

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  1. Le Courbousier’s plan for tall towers in parks
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23
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Standard State Zone Enabling Act

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1922

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Concentric Zone Theory

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  1. by Ernest Burgess. Central biz, mixed use, working class res, middle class suburb, outermost for the rich
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State City Planning Enabling Act

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1928

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Plan for Radburn, NJ

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  1. by Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, based on Garden City. Included alleys behind the homes and communal gardens
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Concept of Neighborhood Unit

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  1. by Clarence Perry
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28
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Broadacre City

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  1. Frank Lloyd Wright. Concept of everyone traveling by car and each getting an acre of land.
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29
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Central Place Theory

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  1. by Walter Chirsaller. Settlements function as a place for services, therefore the bigger the settlement, the fewer there are in total.
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City Humane Movement

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Roosevelt’s pre-war administraion, focus on social and economic issues

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Resettlement Administration

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Helped move farmers to better lands after the Depression and moved people to New Towns, influenced by Garden Cities

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32
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Famous Greenbelt Towns

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Greenbelt, MD, Greenhills, OH, Greendale, WI

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Theory of City Evolution

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  1. by Homer Hoyt. Sector theory, based on the concentric circle concept
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Multiple Nuceli Model

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  1. by Harris and Ullman. Multiple business districts will pop up as a city grows.
35
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Factors helping subrubs grow in the 50’s

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GI Bill; easier to buy a car; places like Levittown being built; sunbelt migration; Eisenhower’s freeways; invention of air conditioning

36
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Great Society

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1960’s concept with major spending on education, medical care, housing, and addressing urban problems

37
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Book: Cities in Evolution

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  1. by Patrick Geddes. Discussed how planning should involve citizens
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Book: Neighborhood Unit

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  1. by Clarence Perry. Cities are aggregations of smaller units. Neighoborhoods should have schools kids can walk to, protect peds, and 5,000-9,000 people
39
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Book: Modern Housing

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  1. Catherine Bauer. Political demands for the housing movement to support low-rent housing
40
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Book: Image of the City

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by Kevin Lynch. Paths, Edges, Characteristics, Nodes, Landmarks; introduced the term wayfinding and imageability

41
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Book: Silent Spring

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by Rachel Carson. Harmful effect of pesticides

42
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Book: Death and Life of Great American Cities

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by Jane Jacobs. Critique of 1950s urban planning policy, which it holds responsible for the decline of many city neighborhoods

43
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Book: City in History

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by Lewis Mumford. Argument for a more humane approach to cities that integrates nature

44
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Book: Urban General Plan

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by TJ Kent. How the general plan should address long range development

45
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Book: The Power Broker

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  1. by Robert Caro, about Robert Moses’ impact on NYC and planning
46
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Book: The Social Life of Small Urban Places

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  1. by William Whyte
47
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Book: Edge City

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by Joel Garraeu

48
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Book: Rural Design

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  1. by Randall Arendt. How small towns can avoid sprawl and stay clustered to retain their nature
49
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Book: The Rise of the Creative Class

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  1. by Richard Florida. Cities should attract talent, tolerance and tech to thrive
50
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Book: Devil in the White City

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  1. by Erik Larson. Follows events of 1893 World’s Fair
51
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Book; The High Price of Free Parking

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by Donald Shoup

52
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Book: Rules for Radicals

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by Saul Alinsky

53
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Saul Alinsky

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American community organizer

54
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Jane Jacobs

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American/Canadian activist. Promoted concepts of eyes on the street and social capitol. Critic of urban renewal and Robert Moses

55
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Paolo Soleri

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Created experiemental town of Arcology in AZ. Building with minimal impact on the earth

56
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John DeGrove

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Father of growth management in FL

57
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Jean Gottman

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Study on the urban region of the Northeast megalopolis.

58
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Norman Krumholtz

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Equity planning. Planning director of Cleaveland

59
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Peter Calthorpe

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Founder of the Congress for New Urbanism. Created the concept of TOD

60
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Andres Duany

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Founder of the Congress for New Urbanism.

61
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Patrick Geddes

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Father of Regional Planning

62
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Edward Basset

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Father of American Zoning

63
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Daniel Burnham

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Father of City Planning

64
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Lawrence Vellier

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Father of the Modern Housing Code

65
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Ian McHarg

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Father of Ecological Planning

66
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Paul Davidoff

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Father of Advocacy Planning

67
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First National Park

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  1. Yellowstone
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First Skyscraper

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First National Wildlife Refuge

70
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First Planning Commission

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  1. Hartford, CT
71
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First US Transcontinental Highway

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  1. Lincoln Highway
72
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First City Zoning Ordinance

73
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First Historic Preservation Commission

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  1. Vieux Carre, New Orleans
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First Historic Preservation Ordinance

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  1. Charleston
75
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First Regional Planning Commission

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First City Comprehensive Plan

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  1. Cinncinnati
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First Limited Access Highway

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  1. Bronx River Parkway
78
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American City Planning Institute formed

79
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American Society of Planning Officials formed

80
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APA formed through 2 groups joining

81
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How many members does APA have?

82
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How many AICP members are there?

AICP Review 2019 (3 decks)

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