People

Question 1

Charles Abrams

Answer 1

Created the NY Housing Authority
Published The City is the Frontier in 1965, a book that was critical of US federal policies surrounding slum clearance, urban renewal and public housing

Question 2

Thomas Adams

Answer 2

Important during the Garden City Movement

Question 3

Saul Alinsky

Answer 3

Advocate of community organizing

Question 4

Sherry Arnstein

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wrote “A Ladder of Citizen Participation” describes the levels of involvement by citizens depending on the form of participation utilized

Question 5

Daniel Burnham

Answer 5

Chicago architect
Proponent of City Beautiful
Lead force behind 1893 Columbian Exposition and the 1909 Plan of Chicago

Question 6

Rachel Carson

Answer 6

Wrote Silent Spring, important book in environmental planning

Question 7

Robert Moses

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1930s - 1950s transformed NYC’s public works

Question 8

John Nolen

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Designed Mariemont, Ohio

Question 9

Frederick Law Olmsted Sr

Answer 9

Father of landscape architecture

Question 10

Clarence Perry

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Developed the neighborhood unit concept. Was implemented in Radburn NJ

Question 11

Paolo Soleri

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Designed Arcosanti, an experimental utopia city in Arizona

Question 12

Clarence Stein

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Proponent of the Garden City Movement.
Designed Sunnyside Gardens in Queens and Radburn NY

Question 13

Rexford Tugwell

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Head of the Resettlement Administration during the New Deal

Question 14

Sir Raymond Unwin

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English town planner and designer of Letchworth

Question 15

Baron Haussman

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Lead an urban renewal program in Paris

Question 16

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.

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Best known for his wildlife conservation efforts and contributions to national parks

Question 17

James Rouse

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Responsible for the development of Columbia, MD 1960s
Pioneered indoor shopping malls in the 1950s

Question 18

Harland Bartholomew

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Was responsible for preparing the comprehensive plans for communities across the country. Example: St. Louis

Question 19

Herbert Simon

Answer 19

Introduced the concept of Satisficing, a decision making strategy