GEO 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Robert Caro

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20th century tradition of utopian visions: yesterday: living and working in the smoke; to-day: living in the suburbs . Working in the smoke; to-morrow: living & working in the sun. Bur(cid:374)ha(cid:373)"s pla(cid:374) of chi(cid:272)ago (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1004)9(cid:895: le corbusier contemporary city (1922) and radiant city (1935) Skyscraper in the park: fra(cid:374)k lloyd wright (cid:862)broad(cid:272)are city(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)935(cid:895, ro(cid:271)ert caro, (cid:862)(cid:373)aster (cid:271)uilder(cid:863) of (cid:373)id-century ny. Mass suburbanization: 11m out of 13m houses are suburban, 1/3 of all homes in 1960 had been built in the previous decade. Transportation revolution: registered vehicles grow 39 to 74 million, 80% of homes have car. Corresponding urban decline: out(cid:373)igratio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)white flight(cid:863) White population down 7%, black population up 65: vacancy (residential, commercial, collapse of transit. Urban redevelopment and renewal: housing act of 1949. Critical perspectives on modernist planning and post-war urbanization. Critiques of urban planning: jane death and life of great american cities (1962)

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