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AICP Planng History1
Early history of planning. Reviews events up to 1899.
Question | Answer |
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What is the "White City"? Who designed it? When? | The World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair). Daniel Burnham was a principal designer. The Exposition was held in 1893 (400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World). |
What is the planning significance of Central Park? Who was it designer & builder? | It was created in the mid 1800s as an a way to address the lack of green space in cities. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Built by Calvert Vaux. |
What are the most significant laws of the Public Health Movement? | NYC Tenement Law of 1867 and a San Francisco ordinance that ended slaughter houses in 1867. |
Why did the Public Health Movement die out? | The Public Health Movement died out in the 1920s as local governments were given authority to regulate issues. |
What was the intent of the "Land Ordinance of 1785"? What is its planning significance? | The rectangular land survey of the Old Northwest was created to provide a systematic way to divide and distribute land to people. It is called the "largest single act of national planning in our history." |
What year was the 1st tenement housing built in Manhattan? | 1855 |
What was the "Homestead Act of 1862" | Federal legislation that promoted western development by providing any family a 1/4 of section (160 acres). It was given to them if they lived there for 5 years and built a house, or it could be purchase it for $1.25 per acre after only 6 months. |
What was the "Morrell Act"? Year? | Federal legislation of 1862 that authorized land grants to the states so that they could use the proceeds to establish colleges in agriculture, engineering, and other "practical arts". |
What instigated the first tenement legislation in NYC? Year? How many tenement houses existed at that time? | A 1867 report by the NY Council of Hygiene of the Citizen's Association. 15,000 tenements. Not effective due to lack of enforcement. |
What are the major points addressed by the NYC tenement law of 1867? | Required that all tenements have: 1) window or ventilation in every sleeping room, 2) a fire escape, 3) and "good and sufficient" water closets or privies, 4) be graded, drained, and connected to sewer |
When was the 1st "Dumbbell" tenement built? What was it? | Built in 1879 it is was a multifamily style of housing that was shaped like a dumbell and noted for its poor living environment (lack of air, light, and space). |
What was the Public Health Movement? | Advocated worker safety and public health as a result of poor factory conditions. Also addressed slum living conditions marked by open sewage in the streets & disease. |
What prompted the founding of the Sierra Club? Year? By whom? | The need to promote, protect, and preserve the natural environment, 1892 by John Muir. |
Explain the significance of the Garden City Movement. Name the 1st 2 cities. | Ebenezer Howard's city design which extolled the virtue of nature over cities and sought a return to pre-industrial small villages. Letchworth & Welwyn. |
What book is created with starting the Garden City Movement? Year? | Ebenezer Howard's "To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform," published in 1898. |
What event propelled the City Beautiful Movement? Year? | The design of the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair), nicknamed the "White City", in 1893. |
What was the first zoning ordinance? When? | San Francisco passed the land use zoning ordinance on the location of obnoxious uses in 1867. |
What book is created with starting housing reforms? | Jacob Riis's "How the Other Half Lives" publish in 1890 about NYC slums. |