History, Theory & Law - Henry's Class (Day 1) Flashcards
Hippodamus was considered to be the first ______________?
town planner
William Penn laid out the basic pattern of which city in 1682 as a rectangular grid with streets crossing each other at a central square?
Philadelphia
The _________ plan was built with a modified baroque plan, with two main circles, from which a system of radial streets extends outwards towards the town (i.e. radio-centric)
Annapolis
The ____________ plan was developed by James Oglethorpe, where the town plan is designed as a ward, composed of four larger residential blocks and four smaller civic/retail blocks separated by alleys.
Savannah
The Savannah Plan contained how many homes in each residential block?
10 homes
Who recreated L’Enfant’s plans for Washington D.C from memory in two days?
Benjamin Banneker
1901 “New” New York Tenement Housing law outlawed what style of home building and required ___________ to be in every home?
Dumbbell style and required a toilet in every home
The Radiant City concept consists of high rises, open spaces, and non-walkable super blocks. Who came up with this concept?
LeCorbusier
Peter Calthorpe is associated with what type of planning?
New Urbanism and the traditional neighborhood design (TND)
The new wave of urban planning comes with the construction of which Florida community?
Seaside, FL
The most famous U.S settlement house was _____________ founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr with a focus on providing education, social, and recreational opportunities for neighborhood working class European immigrant women & children.
Hull House
Norris, Tennessee is a sundown town, meaning what?
African Americans needed to be out of town by sundown
Who is the father of regional planning?
Patrick Geddes
Who is the father of American zoning?
Edward Bassett
Who is the father of city planning?
Daniel Burnham
Who is the father of modern housing code?
Lawrence Veiller
Who is the father of ecological planning?
Ian McHarg
Who is the father of advocacy planning?
Paul Davidoff