Influential Planners AICP

Question 1

Alfred Bettman

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Cincinnati lawyer who drafted the bill passed in Ohio in 1915 that enabled the creation of local planning commissions.

Question 2

First president of American Society of Planning Officials

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Alfred Bettman

Question 3

Daniel Burnham

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Father of city planning. 1909 Plan for Chicago. First regional plan. planned the 1893 Worlds Colombian Exposition. “Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood”

Question 4

Paul Davidoff

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founded the suburban action institute in 1969. challenged exclusionary zoning. notable success in the Mt. Laurel Case. Led to requirement that communities must supply their regional fair share of low income housing needs. . Developed concept of advocacy planner

Question 5

patrick geddes

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City planning theorist who wrote, Cities in Evolution. Father of regional planning

Question 6

Jane Jacobs

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities- rethink urban renewal and city building.

Question 7

Pierre Charles L’Enfant

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designed the plan for Washsington D.C. made use of grids, axials and circles

Question 8

Kevin Lynch

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Professor at MIT, Author Imagine the City. Historically, public opinion has favored development almost irrespective of the cost of the environment. Our laws reflect a pro-development bias.

Question 9

Ian McHarg

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Design with Nature- father of modern Ecology/Environmental Movement. 1962 plan for four continguous Maryland river valleys and Transfer of Development rights (TDR) to preserve landscapes. Renowned for layered map techinique that was basis for GIS

Question 10

Robert Moses

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Great Expediter, “If the ends dont justify the means then what the hell does” HIred by Portland. OR to recommend a program of public improvements. REsponsible for more than 400 miles of parkways, Triborough Bridge and JOnes BEach

Question 11

Lewis Mumford

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prolific author of The Culture of Cities. inspired city and regional planning in America. Outspoken critic of Regional Plan of NY.

Question 12

Frederick Olmstead SR

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Co designer of Central Park in NY. Site planner for 1893 Columbian Exposition. Designed Riverside, IL

Question 13

Frederick Olmstead JR

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First President of American City Planning Institute. Designed Forest Hills Gardens and Palos Veredes Estates. Played an important role in shaping Standard City Enabling Act of 1928

Question 14

Clarence Perry

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Father of Neighborhood Unit Concept. Lived in Forest Hills Gardens, codified Unwins designs of neighborhoods. worked on scheme of “neighborhood unit” a self contained residential area that would be bounded by major streets, with shops at the intersections and a school in the middle.

Question 15

George Pullman

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inventor of the Pullman Railroad car. invented Pullman, IL- tried to combine the industrialist’s needs for efficiency with the workers need for decent housing. The project failed because he tried to regulate the personal lives of the tenants.

Question 16

Jacob Riis

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Write how the other half lives, 1890 and Children of the Poor. used photography and writing to reveal horrible conditions of the urban poor in the US. His books led to the first federal investigation into slum conditions and changes into NY housing law

Question 17

Clarence Stein

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codesigner of Radburn, NJ. member of the Regional Plan Association of America. Chaired the NY Commission of Housing

Question 18

Catherine Wurster

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called herself a “houser”. which is defined in a biography as someone who committed to raising the quality of urban life through improving shelter for low income people. wrote Modern Housing, major role in passage of the US Housing Act of 1937.