The Industrial City: Growth and the Physical Landscape, In this section, the history emphasizes physical growth and development of the industrial city’s (Big Cities)
Category: Mainstream ED
An Earlier and Expanded Treatment of Suburbanization During the 1920’s: Planned Suburbs, the New York Regional Plan, Perry & Neighborhood,Housing and UR, and More
Goings On in the Competitive Urban Hierarchy: Should We Be Concerned about Suburbs? Sociologist R. D. McKenzie commented in 1933 that Big Cities were
Assessment of Fortress (California) Government Defense ED Strategy
Fortress-(Government Facility) Economic Development Strategy As described by Robert Lotchin[1], early twentieth century Pacific Coast cities (especially California) focused their city building and chamber-style boosterism
Assessment and Wrap Up of the City Beautiful/Practical
City Beautiful the Elder: the City Practical Other cities implemented City Beautiful CBD projects over the next few years, including Detroit, Pittsburgh and, as mentioned,
City Beautiful Turns into City Practical in Harrisburg PA: Comprehensive Infrastructure
Harrisburg: City Beautiful as a Comprehensive Infrastructure Plan Our second and final first phase City Beautiful case study contrasts the experience of Kansas City with
the Chicago Plan
The Chicago Plan In 1896, at a formal dinner party (Merchant’s Club and later the Commercial Club—both merged in 1907) Burnham proposed to a groups
Ron W. Coan 