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Urban Planning

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show existing & new bldg, parking, streets, trails, & landscape plantings  
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show bldg height, lot coverage,setbacks, architectural style, parking, streetscape, signage, & mat'l  
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Daniel Burnham   show
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LeCorbusier   show
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What type of urban design system was promoted by LeCorbusier?   show
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Radiant City   show
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show advocated for a sprawling, decongested type of auto-oriented development  
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show Wright presented utopian visioiin of the landscape of America called "Broadacre City" where each home was situated on at least 1 acre & someone in each household owned a car  
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show "Urbanism as a Way of Life" 1938  
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What did Loius Wirth stand for?   show
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show pioneered indoor shopping malls  
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Who used the model of a colonial village to build a city? what city?   show
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show introduced festival market places inclduing Faneuil Hall (Boston), Iner HArbor (Baltimore), & South Street Seaport (NYC)  
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Kevin Lynch   show
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show findings of a study showing which elements of the built enviornment are imp to ease people's understanding ot the layout of a place  
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show networks of paths, edges, districts, nodes, & landmarks if they are not confusing  
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Jane Jacobs   show
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What was Jacob advocating for?   show
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Paulo Soleri   show
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What would be included in the underground structure Paulo Soelri advocated for?   show
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show Arcosanti, AZ began in 1970  
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What is demonstrated by the Soleri development in Arcosanti, AZ?   show
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show Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 1980 - reports findings of a study of factors that contribute to the success of urban spaces  
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What factors contribute ot the success of urban spaces (Whyte)?   show
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show environmental psychology & sociology in urben design  
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Andres Duany   show
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show higher density development w/ a mix of housing types 7 commercial development so that using alternative modes of transportation is possible  
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What is an example of this type of development?   show
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show "Making City Planning Work" 1985 from San Fran describes what it takes to change American Cities  
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What book did Allen JAcobs write in 1995?   show
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What features are part of a great street?   show
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show "Edge Cities" 1991; defined as a distinct place that was not anything like a city 30 yrs age, that has at least 5 mil sq ft of leasable office space, 600,000 sq ft of retail & more jobs than bdrms  
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Robert Lang   show
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show planned in late 1600s by William penn as rectangular grid; included 4 squares ,(now parks), & a town Square  
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Annapolis, MD   show
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Washington, D.C.   show
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show James Oglethorpe 1733 featured a central public square  
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Detroit   show
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Riverside, IL   show
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show as a garden suburb giving primacy to parks & greenways; heavily influenced 20th century suburban development  
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First skyscraper   show
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show Elisha Otis 1857 in NYC also made high rise bldgs possible  
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show 1st Englich Garden City & stimulus to New Town movement in US Greenbelt towns; construction began 1903  
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Forest Hill Gardens, Long Island, NY   show
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Mariemont, OH   show
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show suburb of Cincinnatti 1923 and finished in 1926  
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show Clarence Stein & Henry Wright 1924-1928 planned neighborhood designed; built by City Housing corporations in Queens  
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show Stein & Wright in 1928 influenced by Ebenezer Howard's Garden City; forerunner to New Deal's Greenbelt towns; features-aleeys behind houses, cul-de-sacs, communal gardens, & separation of vehicular & pedestrian access  
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show Gov't sponsored based on Garden City; Ex:Greenhills, OH, Greendale, WI, & Greenbelt, MD 1930s  
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Levittown, NY   show
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Park Forest, IL   show
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New Towns   show
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show (New Town) Fairfac Cty Board of Supervisors establish Virginia's first residential planned community zone in 1962; full-scale, self-contained New Town located app 18 mls from Washington D.C.  
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Columbia, MD   show
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Seaside, FL   show
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show 1893 Chicago; Danirel Burnham designed fairgrounds using principles of "City Beautiful" movement; B/c bldgs at the fair were painted bright white it cam to be known as "White city"  
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Regional Plan for NYC and Its Environs   show
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New York World's Fair   show
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show stds of design adopted by a city, community, or district & used to evaluate proposals for new development  
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What is contained in site plan review package?   show
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What is reviewed on a site plan?   show
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Design review   show
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What features of urban design influence participant's reactions?   show
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show asking participants to view different pics of streetscapes, site designs, building facades & so forth & score them; indicates degree the design might be apropriate in the community based on the score  
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What is the mapping approach?   show
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City Beautiful Movement   show
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show Civic improvement, parks, tree-lined boulevards, & bldgs organized around a public sq.  
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Monumental Design   show
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show L'Enfant & Burnham  
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show proposed self-sufficient, high-density communities surrounded by a greenbelt of agricultural land and open space - alternative lifestyle to indusrialized cities of early 20th century  
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show based on Olmstead, Sr.'s model design in 1869 of Riverside, IL suburb of CHicago -gave emphasis to curving streets & well-landscaped green space w/i residential communities  
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show using renewable resources, not having a negative impact on the natural environment, & designing for the eneds of the current generation w/ an eye to possible uses by future generations  
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show locally available materials  
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Context sensitive design   show
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show place w/ increased ped trips, close to public spaces & transit accessible, mixed use, ped friendly, & street-oriented bldgs  
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Gridiron   show
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show popular in mid- to late 1900s; widely used in 1929 Radburn plan - make streets safer b/c no through traffic  
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show wide thoroughfare usually w/ landscaped median  
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show Designated entrance corridors that signal a new destination or neighborhood ; Ex Chinatown  
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show sight lines or routes that direct attention to an object of significance such as rivers, mountains, or historic monuments  
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Street connectivity   show
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show publicly owned streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way, parks, greenways, open spaces, & public & civic bldgs & facilities  
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Public Spaces   show
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