History of Planning Flashcards
Land ordinance of 1785
Created the ability of the government to do a rectangular land survey west of the Appalachian. Systematic way to divide and distribute land to the public
Homestead Act of 1862
Opened the lands of the public domain to settlers for a nominal fee, and they had to stay for five years. 160 acres for $18. Result was 270 million acres or 10% of the United States
Morrill Act
1862- Authorized the proceeds from the sale of land to fund colleges (land grant colleges)
General Land Law Revision Act
1891- Gave the president the power to create forest preserves by proclamation
Standard State Zoning and Enabling Act
Authorizes states to zone. Issued in 1924 by Secretary Herbert Hoover
Pierre L’Enfant
1791- Assigned by George Washington to lay out Washington DC. Produced baroque plan
Daniel Burnham
1846-1912- created the World’s Columbian Exposition - White City was a model civic center. Wrote “The Devil in the White City”
What movement was the Chicago Plan from?
City Beautiful, 1909. Civic ordering of the land. Visual and Aesthetic harmony
McMillan Committee
Ressurected L’Enfant’s plan in 1901
Criticisms of The City Beautiful
Not practical, not recognizing problems of poverty, squalor, and disease. Too much about beauty and commercial benefit
Wen was the first national planning conference and where? What happened in the same year?
- The first national planning conference, on City Planning and Congestions, in Washington DC. First city planning course in Harvard’s Landscape Architecture department
Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago
1912- by Walter Moody. First known formal instruction in city planning
Who wrote “Carrying Out the City Plan” and when?
1914- Flavel Shurtleff. First major textbook on planning
When was ACPI founded and by who?
1917, by Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr
When was the ACPI renamed to AIP
1939
When was the first issue of City Planning Published, by who, and what came after it?
1925, by the American City Planning Institute and the National Conference on City Planning. Predecessor to the Journal of the American Planning Association.
When was the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) founded?
1934
When was the AIP Code of Ethics for professional planners adopted?
1971
When was the first AIP membership exam?
1977
When was the American Planning Association created and what was it a merging of?
1978, merging of AIP and ASPO
When was the first issue of The Journal of Planning Education & Research published, and by who?
1981, by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
When and where were the first Land Use Zoning restrictions, and what were they on?
1867 in San Fransisco, on noxious uses
When was the first local civic center plan, and where, and who was responsible?
1903 in Cleveland. Daniel Burnham, John Carrere, and Arnold Brunner were responsible
When and where was the first city to use City Beautiful principles, and who designed the plan?
1906 in San Fransisco, plan was developed by Daniel Burnham
When and where was the first town planning board?
1907 in Hartford, CT
Significant events of 1909?
- Daniel Burnham created the first metropolitan regional plan for Chicago
- Wisconsin was the first state to pass enabling legislation
- Los Angelos was the first city to use land use zoning to guide development
When and where was the first full-time employee for a city planning commission, and who?
1914 in Newark, NJ. Harland Batholemew
When and where was the first comprehensive zoning code adopted and who wrote it?
1916 in NYC. Written by Edward Bassett
When and where was the first regional planning commission formed?
1922, in Los Angelos County
When and where was the first major city to adopt a comprehensive plan? Who produced it?
1925, Cincinnati. Produced by Alfred Bettman and Ladilas Segoe
When was the Standard City Planning Enabling Act released and by who?
1928, by the U.S. Department of Commerce under Secretary Herbert Hoover
When was the first U.S. National Planning Board created?
What was it renamed to and when was it abolished?
- Renamed to the National Resources Planning Board, and abolished in 1943
When and where was the first federally supported public housing?
1934 in Cleveland
Where was the first occupied federally supporting public housing?
Atlanta
When and where was the first statewide zoning introduced? When was it later amended?
1961 in Hawaii, amended in 1978
Who wrote “How the Other Half Lives” and when? What did the book result in?
Jacob Riis, 1890. Resulted in housing reform in NYC
Who wrote “Tomorrow”: A Peaceful Path to Reform” and when? What movement did the book initiate? What was this book later issued as?
Ebeneezer Howard, 1898. Initiated the Garden City Movement. Later issued as “Garden Cities of To-morrow”
Who wrote “Cities in Evolution” and when? What does the book center on?
Patrick Geddes, 1915. Focuses on regional planning