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008 120119s2012 txu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012002216
020 $a9781595341297 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
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043 $an-us-ct
050 00 $aNA9127.N4$bA3 1910a
082 00 $a711/.4097468$223
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100 1 $aOlmsted, Frederick Law,$d1870-1957.
240 10 $aReport of the New Haven Civic Improvement Commission
245 14 $aThe plan for New Haven /$cFrederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Cass Gilbert ; Preface by Vincent J. Scully ; Introduction by Alan J. Plattus ; Afterword by Douglas W. Rae.
260 $aSan Antonio :$bTrinity University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1204
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a" Long before cities were scrambling to go green and eco-conscious commuters were sensibly strapping on their bike helmets, New Haven, Connecticut, was envisioning a plan for its growth taken from the challenging ideas of the City Beautiful Movement and its call for civic monumentality. In a 1910 plan commissioned from legendary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and prominent architect Cass Gilbert, New Haven's leaders charted new ground by incorporating revolutionary models for studying social and demographic data and using that information to help guide the physical plan for the city's growth. The visionary result is a gem of American urban planning history that became a benchmark in discussions about the shape the new American city would take in the twentieth century. This facsimile edition of the 1910 Plan for New Haven, available to general readers for the first time, includes a critical contemporary review of the century-old plan. Architectural scholar Alan Plattus and urban economist Douglas Rae contribute modern perspectives on the plan's importance to the development of both New Haven and American urbanism in the current rediscovery of urban livability and sustainability. The lessons of master urban planners like Cass and Gilbert have never been more valuable and can guide an exploration of how American urbanism has evolved and where it is going in the twenty-first century. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a""This facsimile edition of the 1910 Plan for New Haven includes a critical contemporary review of the plan. Architectural scholar Alan Plattus and urban economist Douglas Rae contribute modern perspectives on the plan's importance to the development of New Haven and American urbanism in the current rediscovery of urban sustainability"--Provided by publisher"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCity planning$zConnecticut$zNew Haven.
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).$2bisacsh
700 1 $aGilbert, Cass,$d1859-1934.
700 1 $aScully, Vincent,$d1920-$ewriter of added commentary.
700 1 $aPlattus, Alan J.,$ewriter of added commentary.
700 1 $aRae, Douglas W.,$ewriter of added commentary.
775 0 $iFacsimile of (manifestation):$aNew Haven (Conn.). Civic Improvement Committee$tReport of the New Haven Civic Improvement Commission, Cass Gilbert, architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, to the New Haven Civic Improvement Committee, New Haven, December, 1910?]$d[New Haven, Printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1910$h138 p. illus., plans (1 double) tables, diagrs., front., fold. plan. 22 cm.$w(DLC) 11029787