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| Bettman, Alfred - Cincinnati lawyer who drafted the bill, passed by Ohio in 1915, which enabled the creation of local planning commissions. Played a key role in establishing the constitutionality of zoning in Euclid vs. Ambler (1926). Alfred Bettman was the first president of American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) founded 1934. |
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| Burnham, Daniel Hudson (1846-1912) |
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| Father of city planning in U.S. Among city planners, architect Daniel H. Burnham is renowned for the influential 1909 "Plan for Chicago," which proposed transportation and parkway schemes for the entire region--from downtown Chicago to Kenosha, Wisconsin. His architectural firm, Burnham and Root, planned the 1893 World's Colombian Exposition--also influential because its classical style architecture inspired legions of city halls, public libraries, and banks throughout the U.S. Burnham is famous for his quote, "Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood”. Burnham was the national president of American Institute of Architects. His “White City” at the Colombian Exposition inspired the “City Beautiful Movement”, and his Chicago plan (1909) gave birth to modern city planning. |
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| Bettman, Alfred - Cincinnati lawyer who drafted the bill, passed by Ohio in 1915, which enabled the creation of local planning commissions. Played a key role in establishing the constitutionality of zoning in Euclid vs. Ambler (1926). Alfred Bettman was the first president of American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) founded 1934. |
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| Burnham, Daniel Hudson (1846-1912) |
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| Father of city planning in U.S. Among city planners, architect Daniel H. Burnham is renowned for the influential 1909 "Plan for Chicago," which proposed transportation and parkway schemes for the entire region--from downtown Chicago to Kenosha, Wisconsin. His architectural firm, Burnham and Root, planned the 1893 World's Colombian Exposition--also influential because its classical style architecture inspired legions of city halls, public libraries, and banks throughout the U.S. Burnham is famous for his quote, "Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood”. Burnham was the national president of American Institute of Architects. His “White City” at the Colombian Exposition inspired the “City Beautiful Movement”, and his Chicago plan (1909) gave birth to modern city planning. |
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| Davidoff, Paul (1930-1984) |
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| Founded the Suburban Action Institute in 1969. The institute challenged exclusionary zoning in the courts, winning a notable success in the Mt. Laurel case. This led to the requirement by the state supreme court of New Jersey that communities must supply their "regional fair share" of low-income housing needs. Developed the concept of "advocacy planner", where a planner serves a given client group's interests and should do so openly; a planner could develop plans for a particular project and speak for interests of the group or individuals affected by these plans. |
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| Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932) |
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| British biologist and sociologist, was also an innovative city planning theorist. Author of the Cities in Evolution. He is considered the “father” of regional planning. |
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| Howard, Ebenezer (1850-1928) |
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| A British reformer. The Garden City was Howard's answer to what many in his day sought: an alternative to the endlessly sprawling 19th century industrial city. Howard's idea was to combine the best features of town and country life in a ring of satellites surrounding London. His ideas spawned Garden City movements in many other countries, including the U.S. His own Garden Cities, Letchworth (1903) and Welwyn (1920), were the direct ancestors of Radburn, New Jersey, and the Greenbelt towns built during the Depression in America. Howard published Tomorrow A Peaceful Path to Real Reform in 1898, starting the Garden City movement. The book was reissued in 1902 as Garden Cities of Tomorrow. |
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