AICP - Exam - planners
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| Alfred Bettman | drafted the bill, passed by Ohio in 1915, which enabled the creation of local planning commissions. 1st prez.of American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) founded 1934. Key role establishing the constitutionality of zoning in Euclid vs. Ambler (1926)
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| Daniel Burnham | Father of City planning in US, 1909 Plan for Chicago, "make no little plans", "White City" at Colombian Exposition inspired City Beautiful Movement. Gave birth to modern City Planning w/ Chicago Plan
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| Paul Davidoff | Founded Suburban Action Institute 1969,institute challenged exclusionsary zoning in courts (Mt Laurel case) developed concept of advocacy planner,
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| Patrick Geddes | Author of Cities in Evolution, considered father of regional planning. British biologist and sociologist.
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| Ebenezer Howard | Garden City; alternative to endless sprawling 19th century industrial city. Combine town and country life in a ring of satellites. Tomorrow a peaceful path to real reform (1898) -> reissued as Garden Cities of Tomorrow (1902).
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| Jane Jacobs | Author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) - rethink urban renewal and other contemporary tools of city building. Based on conclusions from observing NYC older neighborhoods
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| Pierre Charles L'Enfant | Designed plan for Washington D.C. - made use of grid pattern, axials and circles
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| Kevin Lynch | Author of Image of the City, Urban design and the form of the city. “Historically, public opinion has favored development almost irrespective of the cost of the environment. Our laws and institutions . . . reflect a pro-development bias.”
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| Ian McHarg | Author Design with Nature, known for his advocacy of ecological planning and layered map techniques that created foundation for GIS. Analysis of the intrinsic suitability of land for urban development
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| Robert Moses | Known as Great Expediter, leading person on city planning in 1920's. Shaped the New York region; oversaw the construction of more than 400 miles of parkways, the Triborough Bridge,Jones Beach. "If the ends don't justify the means, then what the hell does"
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| Lewis Mumford | Author of The Culture of Cities (1938) Inspired city and regional planning efforts in US. Critic of regional play of NY (1929)
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| Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.(1822-1903) | Co-designer of Central Park in NY. Site planner for 1893 Columbian Exposition. Designed suburban community of Riverside, IL.
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| Frederick Law Olmsted Jr (1870-1957) | 1st prez. of American City Planning Institute. Important role in shaping Standard City Enabling Act of 1928. Planner for both public and private uses.
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| Clarence Arther Perry (1872-1944) | Father of Neighborhood Unit Concept - self-contained residential area bounded by major streets, shops at intersections, school in the middle. Author of Regional Survey of New York and its Environs (1929)
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| George Pullman (1831-1897) | Railroad tycoon. His model company town Pullman, IL tried to combine industrialist's need for efficiency with worker's need for decent housing. Failed due to regulation of private lives of tenants & econ. problems during the depression of 1890's
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| Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) | Used photography and writing to show plight of urban poor in the US. Author of 2 books How the Other Half Lives (1890) and Children of the Poor (1892). Led to changes in NY housing laws; One of the leading reformers in history of American City Planning
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| Clarence Stein | Co-designer of Radburn, New Jersey. Member of the Regional Plan Association of America (RPAA). Chaired NY Commission of Housing
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| Catherine Bauer Wurster (1905-1964) | Author of Modern Housing (1934). Key role in passage of US Housing Act of 1937. Adovocate for well-designed, low-income housing. "Houser" - committed to raising quality of urban life through improving shelter for low-income people
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