History - Dates

Question 1

First national planning conference

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1909 — National Conference on City Planning and Congestion Relief, Washington, D.C.

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First pre-college instruction in city planning

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1912 — Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago by Walter Moody

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First major textbook on city planning

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1914 — Flavel Shurleff, Carrying Out the City Plan

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Founding of American City Planners Institute

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1917. Renamed AIP in 1939

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First journal published

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1925 — City Planning (predecessor to JAPA)

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Founding of American Society of Planning Officials

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1934

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Adoption of planning code of ethics

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1971 — by AIP

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First AIP/AICP membership exam

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1977

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Formation of APA

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1978, through a merger of AIP and ASPO

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First land use zoning restriction (where and when)

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1867 — San Francisco, on the location of noxious uses

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First local civic center plan

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1903 Cleveland — developed by Daniel Burnham, John Carrere, and Arnold Bruner

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First city to apply City Beautiful principles

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1906 — San Francisco

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First Town Planning board

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Hartford, CT — 1907

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First metropolitan regional plan

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Chicago, 1909

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First state enabling zoning regulation

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Wisconsin, 1909

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First city to use land use zoning to guide development

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Los Angeles, 1909

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First city to hire full-time city planning commission employee

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Newark, 1914

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New York City’s first comprehensive zoning code

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1916, written by Edward Bassett

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Model zoning enabling act

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1924 — Standard State Zoning Enabling Act, US Department of Commerce under Secretary Herbert Hoover

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Second model zoning enabling act

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1928 — Standard City Planning Enabling Act, US Department of Commerce under Secretary Herbert Hoover

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National Planning Board

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Created 1933, renamed National Resources Planning Board, defunded in 1943

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First federally supported public housing

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Cleveland 1934

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City Beautiful

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1890s - focused on grand design of buildings, replaced by City Efficient

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City Humane

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1930s - developed during depression with a focus on jobs and housing as part of social policy

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City Functional

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1940s - emphasis on functionalism and administrative efficiency

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City Efficient

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1920s - emphasis on technical details (engineers, lawyers, etc.), zoning, subdivision, and other administrative regulation

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Public Health movement

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1860s - established standards for public health and worker safety, such as minimum housing standards, provision of light and air

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First state to require planning boards and other planning efforts

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1913 - Massachusetts

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First comprehensive plan

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1925 - Cincinnati

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Radiant City

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1920s - Le Corbusier’s idea of a linear and ordered city

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Broad Acre City

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s auto-centric conception of the city’s future

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Growth Machine Theory

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1976, Harvey Molotch and John Logan - concept that political actors unite to encourage growth which shapes the development of a city

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First off-street parking regulation

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1923 - Columbus, OH

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First limited access highway

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1926 - Bronx River Parkway

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First historic preservation ordinance

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Charleston, SC

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First urban growth boundary

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Lexington, KY

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First regional planning commission

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Los Angeles

Question 38

Largest concrete structure

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1941 - Grand Coluee Dam