Planning the great metropolis : the 1929 Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs / David A. Johnson.

Main entry:

Johnson, David A., 1935-

Title & Author:

Planning the great metropolis : the 1929 Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs / David A. Johnson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1996.

Description:

xi, 299 pages : illustrations, maps, 1 portrait ; 25 cm.

Series:

Studies in history, planning and the environment ; 18

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-290) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Making of the New York Metropolitan Region. Urban Beginnings. Mid-century: The Railroad Arrives. The Region Emerges. The 1920s: A Turning Point -- 3. The Emergence of a Planning Tradition. The Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted. The New York City Improvement Commission. The Brooklyn City Plan. The Comprehensive Plan of Newark. The Jamaica Bay Port Scheme. The Birth of Zoning, 1911-1916. The Port of New York Authority Plan -- 4. First Steps Towards a Metropolitan Regional Plan. Charles Norton and the Plan of Chicago, 1893-1909. The Advisory Committee on City Plan of New York, 1914. Initiation of Russell Sage Foundation Support, 1917-21 -- 5. The Search for Scope and Substance. Four Surveys. Change in Leadership. Sector Plans for the Environs. Thomas Adams' Synthesis. First Architectural Studies -- 6. Technical and Ideological Inputs. The Regional Population Projections. The Contribution of Robert Murray Haig.

Resources:
2004. (v. 18)
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0419190104
9780419190103

Subject:

Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs.
Regional planning New York Metropolitan Area History.
City planning New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Aménagement du territoire New York, Agglomération de Histoire.
Urbanisme New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
City planning.
Regional planning.
Stadsplanning.
New York (State) New York.
New York (State) New York Metropolitan Area.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Studies in history, planning, and the environment ; 18.

1929 Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs

Holdings:

Location: Library main 122635
Call No.: ID HT394.N5 J6; ID:96-B955
Status: Available

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