GEO 454 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: City Beautiful Movement, Radiant City
23 Mar 2017
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A distinct 20th century way of viewing urban problems and solutions. Confidence in science" and reasoning" to solve all problems. But not everyone was happy with vison of suburbs. Space really matters how you arrange spaces and places. At first, only farmers and rich had houses in the country. Trying to achieve balance with nature for everyone- architecture based on english country. Up to 1930"s the suburb assumed a specific purpose. After 1950"s and the automobile, shopping in malls you drove to. Suburb is no longer sub" to the city. We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars . Saratoga springs: used to be resort town. The re-urbanization as a solution is what cause the problems there. Malls coming in on outside of town. Jane jacobs- death and life of great american city. An attack on modern city planning and building . an attempt to introduce new principals of city planning and rebuilding .
