PART I: SUMMARY So what are the takes away from our first four chapters which have both introduced our approach to this history and carried
Author: edcurmudgeon
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Housing and Slum Clearance Bleeds into Economic Development The Big Picture Our Progressive approach to economic development, as discussed initially, was based in large
Neighborhood Planning the Birth of Contemporary Community Development: Clarence Perry, Charles Robinson, the Chicago School
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Port Authorities: Oregon, Washington, Great Lakes (Ohio), New York, Florida and Texas Progressive Era to 1930
Port Authorities: the Progressive ship sails into harbor The Curmudgeon, always on the lookout for those phenomena which seems to make his “two ships”
City Beautiful, Charles Robinson and Daniel Burnham
The City Beautiful The City Beautiful Era (loosely including 1893-1920–it actually continued through the Depression and New Deal public works often embraced it’s principles)
Social Reform Mayors: Pingree, Other Examples, and La Guardia,
Social Reformers: a real alternative to the Privatist approach After the late 1880’s through the first decade of the twentieth century, several large cities elected
Ron W. Coan 