Term | Definition |
Ordinance of 1785 | - rectangular land survey of Old NW
- largest single act of national planning in history |
1st "Model Tenement" | 1855
Manhattan |
Homestead Act | 1862
opened lands of public domain to settlers |
"Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the US" | 1878
foster settlement of arid west and conserve water resources
John Wesley Powell |
Dumbbell Tenement | 1879
multi-family housing in NYC
poor living conditions - lack of light, air, space |
USGS Established & Purpose | 1879
survey all public domain lands |
"How the Other Half Lives" | 1890
stimulus to housing reform
Jacob Riis |
Sierra Club Founded & Purpose | 1892
protect and preserve natural environment
John Muir - founder |
World's Columbian Exposition | 1893 in Chicago
400th anniversary of discovery of New World
source of City Beautiful Movement |
"Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform" | 1898
Garden City movement
Ebenezer Howard |
Gilford Pinchot | 1898
chief forester of US |
New York State Tenement House Law | 1901
outlawed tenements such a dumbbell tenements |
Letchworth, England | 1903
1st English Garden City
stimulus to new town movement |
Antiquities Act | 1906
preserve archaeological sites |
1st National City Planning Conference | 1909
Washington, D.C. |
Plan of Chicago | 1909
1st metro plan in US
Daniel Burnham |
1st Course in City Planning | 1909
Harvard |
"Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago" | 1912
8th grade textbook on city planning
Walter D. Moody |
"Carrying Out the City Plan" | 1914
1st major textbook on planning
Flavel Shurtleff |
Harland Bartholomew | 1914
1st city planner
Newark, NJ |
"Cities in Evolution" | 1915
Patrick Geddes (Father of Regional Planning) |
"Planning of the Modern City" | 1916
Nelson P. Lewis |
1st Comprehensive Zoning Resolution | 1916
adopted in NYC
Edward Bassett (Father of Zoning) |
National Park Service Established & Purpose | 1916
conserve and preserve resources of special value |
Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. | 1917
1st president of American City Planning Institute |
1st Historic Preservation Commission | 1921
New Orleans - French Quarter |
1st Regional Planning Commission | 1922
Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission |
Standard State Zoning Enabling Act | 1924
issued by US Dept of Commerce
Herbert Hoover |
1st City to Endorse Comprehensive Plan | 1925
Cincinnati, OH |
Standard City Planning Enabling Act | 1928
issued by US Dept of Commerce
Herbert Hoover |
"The Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs - Volume II" | 1929
neighborhood unit
Clarence Perry |
1st Instance of Rural Zoning | 1929
Wisconsin |
Stock Market Crash | 1929
ushers in Great Depression
fosters idea of public planning on a national scale |
Federal Home Loan Bank System Established & Purpose | 1932
to shore up shaky home financing institutions |
TVA Created & Purpose | 1933
most famous experiment in river-basin planning |
American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) Founded | 1934 |
National Housing Act | 1934
established FSLIC for insurance savings deposits
established FHA for insuring individual home mortgages |
Resettlement Administration | 1935
experiment in population resettlement
built 3 Greenbelt Towns (Greenbelt, MD - Greendale, WI - Greenhills, OH)
Rexford Tugwell |
Soil Conservation Act | 1935
made prevention of soil erosion a national responsibility |
Social Security Act | 1935
created a safety net for elderly |
US Housing Act (1937) | $500 million in loans for low-cost housing
tied slum clearance to public housing |
Serviceman's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) | 1944
guaranteed loans for homes to veterans |
Housing Act (1949) | 1st comprehensive housing legislation
constructed 800,000 homes
urban redevelopment program |
National Trust for Historic Preservation Created | 1949 |
Housing Act of 1954 | stressed slum prevention and urban renewal
stimulated general planning for cities under 25,000 by providing funds under Section 701 |
Federal Aid Highway Act | 1956
created interstate highway system |
"Image of the City" | 1960
defined basic elements of a city's "imageability"
Kevin Lynch |
"The Death and Life of Great American Cities" | 1961
critique of planners and planning profession
Jane Jacobs |
1st State to Institute Statewide Zoning | 1961
Hawaii |
"Silent Spring" | 1962
deleterious effects of pesticides on animal, plant and human life
Rachel Carson |
"The Urban General Plan" | 1964
T.J. Kent |
Civil Rights Act | 1964
outlaws discrimination based on race, creed, and national origin in public places |
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Created | 1965
Robert Weaver - 1st secretary and 1st African-American cabinet member |
Water Resources Management Act | 1965
authorizes federal, multi-state river basin commissions |
National Historic Preservation Act | 1966
established National Register
provides through Section 106 for the protection of preservation worthy sites and properties threatened by federal activities
directs each state to appoint a SHPO |
"Design with Nature" | 1969
ties planning to natural environment
Ian McHarg |
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) | 1969
requires an environmental impact statement for every federal or federally aided state or local action that might harm environment |
1st Earth Day | January 1, 1970 |
Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Established & Purpose | 1970
administer provisions of Clean Air Act (1970) |
American Institute of Planners (AIP) Adopts Code of Ethics for Planners | 1971 |
Endangered Species Act | 1973
authorized federal assistance to establish conservation programs for endangered plant and animal species |
Housing and Community Development Act | 1974
replaces categorical grant with block grant |
1st Exam for AIP Membership | 1977 |
AIP and ASPO become American Planning Association (APA) | 1978 |
Superfund Bill | 1980
creates liability for discharging hazardous waste into environment
taxes polluting industries to establish fund for cleanup of polluted sites |
Seaside, FL Construction Begins | 1984
earliest example of New Urbanism |
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) | 1991
provisions for National Scenic Byway Program
transportation enhancements
both include historic preservation component |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Begins | 1994
fosters trade and investment between Canada, US, and Mexico by removing or lowering non-tariff and tariff barriers |
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Inaugurates Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP) | 1999
recognizes distinguished individual contributions to planning by longer term AICP members |
Clintion Creates 8 New National Monuments | 2000
in 5 western states |