Planning "Firsts"

Question 1

First comprehensive plan

Answer 1

Cincinnati, OH (1925)

Question 2

First COG

Answer 2

Detroit, MI (1954)

Question 3

First Downtown Pedestrian Mall

Answer 3

Kalamazoo Mall (MI, 1956)

Question 4

First Earth Day

Answer 4

April 22, 1970

Question 5

First Foresty Service Director

Answer 5

Gifford Pinchot (1905)

Question 6

First Planning Commission Employee

Answer 6

Harland Bartholomew (1915)

Question 7

First Garden Suburbs

Answer 7

Forest Hills Garden, NY (1911)

Question 8

First Historic Preservation

Answer 8

New Orleans, LA (1921)

Question 9

First Land Use Zoning Ordinance

Answer 9

Los Angeles, CA (1909)

Question 10

First Model Tenement

Answer 10

1855

Question 11

First National Conference on Planning

Answer 11

Washington, DC (1909)

Question 12

First National Park

Answer 12

Yellowstone (1872)

Question 13

First Planning Board

Answer 13

Hartford, CT (1907)

Question 14

First Planning School

Answer 14

Harvard (1929)

Question 15

First Skyscraper

Answer 15

Chicago, IL (1885)

Question 16

First Statewide Zoning

Answer 16

Hawaii (1961)

Question 17

First US Census

Answer 17

1790

Question 18

First Zoning Ordinance

Answer 18

NYC, NY (1916)