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: SSS and Diffusion of SSS Innovation
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
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
Washington D.C.: Burnham’s, Olmsted Jr. National Model for City Beautiful
Washington D.C. Burnham had been a busy little bee since the Great White City and City Beautiful had certainly gathered considerable momentum in its aftermath.
Cleveland: City Beautiful as “a City on a Hill”
Cleveland: City Beautiful as “a City on a Hill” The most tangible tie with Downing’s romanticism sprung from a 1895 design competition advocated in
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
Ron W. Coan 