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Peattie, L RMumford, LewisJacobs, JaneSassen, SaskiaDe Soto, HernandoFuller, Richard BuckminsterJackson, J.B.Lynch, Kevin; Rodwin, LloydCampbell, ScottGans, Herbert JLindblom, CWachs, MartinAllor, David J.Birch, Eugenie LadnerWolch, Jennifer R.; Dear, Michael; Akita, AndreaBryson, John M.; Roering, William D.Reps, John William.Downs, AnthonySchön, Donald AWildavsky, AaronKaiser, Edward J; Godschalk, David RForester, JohnFeiss, CarlMolotch, HarveyCallies, David LAltshuler, AlanPopper, Frank J.Rittel, Horst W J; Webber, Melvin M.Healey, PatsyPurcell, MarkBlanco, HildaBrooks, MichaelFainstein, S SKeynes, John MaynardDaly, Herman ESachs, JeffreySmith, AdamMarx, KarlFrederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux win the design competition for what would become New York City's Central Park (built 1858-1873).Letchworth constructed (as England's first Garden City, about 30 miles north of London)Ford produces the first "Model T" automobilefirst comprehensive zoning in the USThe United States Supreme Court (in "Buchanan v. Warley") declares that racially biased zoning is unconstitutionalHarvard opens the first graduate program in city planningU.S. Dept. of Commerce (under Secretary Herbert Hoover) issues a Standard State Zoning Enabling Actfirst comprehensive plan officially endorsed by a major US city (Cincinnati)Village of Euclid vs. Ambler RealityHousing Act of 1934 (establishes the FHA)The U.S. Housing Act (Wagner-Steagall). Set the stage for future government aid by appropriating $500 million in loans for low-cost housing. Tied slum clearance to public housing.the Full Employment Act of 1946Disneyland Park opens in Anaheim, CA.Beginning of destruction of Pruitt-Igoe public housing projectsFaneuil Hall Marketplace renovation in BostonWorld War IWorld War IIUnited States Great Depression
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