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• Author/Creator:Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957.
  
• Uniform Title:[Report of the New Haven Civic Improvement Commission]
  
• Title:Plan for New Haven / Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Cass Gilbert ; Preface by Vincent J. Scully ; Introduction by Alan J. Plattus ; Afterword by Douglas W. Rae.
  
• ISBN:9781595341297 (pbk.)
  1595341293 (pbk.)
  
• Edition:Facsimile edition.
  
• Publication:San Antonio, Texas : Trinity University Press, [2012]
  
• Physical Description:xvi, 141 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
  

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  • Location:HAAS ARTS LIBRARY, Art & Arch Collection
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  • Call Number: NA9127 N4 A3 2012 (LC)
    
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  • Call Number: NA9127.N4 A3X 2012 (LC)
    
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• Summary:" 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. "--
  ""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"--
  
• Other editions: New Haven (Conn.). Civic Improvement Committee Report 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?] [New Haven, Printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1910
  
• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references.
  
• Subjects:City planning--Connecticut--New Haven.
  
• Also listed under:Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934.
  Scully, Vincent, Jr., 1920-2017, writer of added commentary.
  Plattus, Alan J., writer of added commentary.
  Rae, Douglas W., writer of added commentary.