People in Planning Flashcards
Charles Abrams
created the New York Housing Authority and wrote “The City is the Frontier”
Thomas Adams
important planner in the Garden City movement and secretary of the Garden City Association. First manager of Letchworth, UK
Saul Allinsky
advocated for community organizing for Chicago’s poor, wrote “Reveille for Radicals.” Advocated for poor people to become more involved in American Democracy
Daniel Burnham
prominent leader of City Beautiful movement and lead force behind the 1893 Colombian Exposition and 1909 Plan of Chicago
Robert Moses
NYC public works director who transformed public works in the city from 1930s-1950s by expanding infrastructure
John Nolen
created the first comprehensive plan in FL, contributed to park system in Madison, WI, and designed Venice, FL. First American to identify himself exclusively as a town/city planner
Frederick Law Olmstead Sr
considered the father of landscape architecture and created NYC’s Central and Prospect parks. Also designed Riverside, IL.
Clarence Perry
developed the neighborhood unit concept which was implemented in Radburn, NJ. Author of “Regional Survey of New York and its Environs”
Paolo Soleri
architect responsible for designing Arcosanti, AZ, which was an experimental utopian city which focused on minimizing the impact of development on the natural environment
Clarence Stein
designed garden suburbs in US including Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, NY and Radburn, NJ. Major proponent of the Garden City and wrote “New Town for America”
Rexford Tugwell
served as the head of the Resettlement Administration during the New Deal, worked closely on greenbelt city programs and sought destruction of new, self-sufficient cities
Sir Raymond Unwin
English town planner and designer of Letchworth, and wrote “Town Planning in Practice”
Catherine Bauer Wurster
founder of American housing policy, worked to reform policy related to housing and city planning. Served as executive secretary for the Regional Planning Association of America and wrote “Modern Housing.” Influential in the passage of the Housing Act of 1937
Ernest Burgess
creator of the Concentric Circle Theory, and sociologist who studied growth in Chicago
Homer Hoyt
real estate developer in Chicago who created the Sector Theory
Chauncey Harris
geographer who created the Multiple Nuclei Theory
Edward Ullman
scholar and urban geographer who created the Multiple Nuclei Theory
Walter Christaller
creator of the Central Place Theory
Rachel Carson
Author of “Silent Spring”
Jane Jacobs
provided a critical look at planners and planning with a focus on the mistakes of urban renewal. Authored “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”
Charles Lindblom
American political scientist who focused on incrementalism as a decision-making model. Wrote “The Science of Muddling Through”
Ebenezer Howard
initiated the Garden City movement with his book “Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
Ian McHarg
wrote “Design of Nature” and focused on conservation design using an overlay technique which would become basis of GIS
Kevin Lynch
famous for his mental maps and studies on how a city is seen by its residents. Wrote “The Image of the City”
Sherry Arnstein
famous for work on public particiation and wrote “A Ladder of Citizenship Participation”
Edward Bassett
known as the father of zoning. Helped create the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act and wrote NYC’s first comprehensive zoning code
Paul Davidoff
developed the concept of advocacy planning and founded the Suburban Action Institute which challenged exclusionary zoning in courts and won the Mount Laurel case
Patrick Geddes
known as the father of regional planning and wrote “Cities in Evolution”
Pierre Charles L’Enfant
designed the plan for Washington, D.C. and was inspired by classic, monumental, baroque plans superimposed on a grid
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect who created the broadacre city in his book “Broadacre City- A New Community Plan”
Charlotte Rumbled
early 20th century housing and public recreation activist working in St. Louis, MO
Le Corbusier
modern architect and founding member of CIAM which advocated functional separation of land uses, highways, and high rises set in parks
Jane Addams
settlement house activist who co-founded the Hull House in Chicago, awarded a Nobel Peace Prize
Benton MacKaye
planner and conservationist who founded the Appalachian Trail. Member of the RPAA
Frederick Law Olmstead Jr
first president of the American City Planning Institute. Planned Forest Hills Gardens in Queens, NYC
Jacob Riis
documented squalid living conditions in NYC in his book “How the Other Half Lives”
Benjamin Marsh
Organized the first national meeting on planning, the 1909 National Conference on City Planning in Washington, D.C.
Haraland Bartholomew
first full time public sector planner in the US
Lewis Mumford
prolific author on urban planning topics, member of RPAA, and wrote “The City in History”. Garden City advocate
TJ Kent
author of “The Urban General Plan” which was considered the key reference for comprehensive planning many decades
William Whyte
promoted the use of environmental psychology and sociology in urban design through his book “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces”
Norman Krumholz
adoped equity planning in Cleveland, OH and helped make the needs of low income groups the highest priority
