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
Category: Development of the Profession
Housing and Slum Clearance Bleeds into Economic Development: Early Evolution Eminent Domain for Neighborhood and Housing the Beginnings of What Will Become Urban Renewal
Housing and Slum Clearance Bleeds into Economic Development The Big Picture Our Progressive approach to economic development, as discussed initially, was based in large
the Wonder Bread Years: Our Last Golden Age Around the 1950’s
The ‘Wonder Bread’ Years 1945-1960 In this chapter and the next we shall see the events and dynamics which shaped the opening battle lines
the Patchwork Profession: Thoughts, It’s A Wonderful Life, Unity of CD and ED
The Patchwork Profession Emerges Suffice it to say, planners were integral to urban renewal in whatever form it took. Planning departments were deeply involved
Mid-Century South Leads the Way to ED Strategy Innovation: South Defines itself through ED
The “New” Cause: The “Old” South Will Rise Again The post-war reaction to the BAWI IDB, the shadow war, calls attention to regional change
the Shadow IDB War: ACIR Reports and Expansive Study from which As Two Ships Drew
The Shadow War: Regional Disequilibrium–The IDB Debate–Forerunner of things to come BAWI was a time bomb–having rather huge impact decades after it was first
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