The Chicago Plan In 1896, at a formal dinner party, Burnham proposed to a group of elite businessmen (including George Pullman, Marshall Field and Philip
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Chapter 6: the City Beautiful: Parks Movement, Columbian Exposition (1893), Charles Mulford Robinson, Cleveland “Beautiful” as a City on a Hill
MOVING DOWN THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT ROAD: THE CITY BEAUTIFUL The “City Beautiful” as a movement hit our Big Cities sometime around the turn of the
Chapter 6: Schism in African-American Community Development: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois
Schism in African-American Community Development African-American economic/community development has its own distinctive path within both mainstream economic development and community development. There are many reasons
Chapter 6: Social Reform and Socialist Mayors, Henry George (New York City), Hazen Pingree (Detroit), and Tom Johnson (Cleveland)
Social Reform and Socialist Mayors Community development, because of its determination to advantage the “common man” (especially the least fortunate of society and, in these
Chapter 6: Two paths diverge: take one: Rise of Community Development, Social Welfare (and Faith-Based), Neighborhood-Based-Settlement House, Housing Reformers, Playground-Recreation Movement, the Pittsburgh Survey, Neighborhood Improvement Associations
Two paths diverge: take one As the chapter title suggests, with American economic development there are two quite distinguishable paths: “mainstream economic development” and “community
Chapter 5: Structural Reformers, the City Efficient, and Selling Frozen Water as Economic Development
STRUCTURAL REFORMERS AND THE CITY EFFICIENT The most impactful policy system that emerged from the Progressive Era was the “businessman” structural reformer and the City
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