Sixth National Conference on American Planning History
Sponsored by:
The Society for American City and Regional Planning History The Urban History Association Graduate School of Planning, The University of Tennessee
Centennial
Radisson Sximmit Hill Hotel Knoxville, Tennessee Noiris, Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority October 12th-15th, 1995 1895-CENTENNIAL-1995 LEWIS MUMFORD Born: 19 October 1895 /Died:26 January 1990
The Story of Utopias (1922) Sticks and Stones (1924) Technics and Civilization (1934) The Culture of Cities (1938) The Condition of Man (1944) Art and Technics (1952) The City in History (1961) The Urban Prospect (1968) Sketches from Life Photo courtesy of Mrs. Sophia Mumford (1982)
Sixth National Conference on American Planning History 12-15 October 1995, Radisson Summit HiU, Knoxvffle.TN SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN PLANNING HISTORY - KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
2 (Salon B) POST-WAR URBAN DEVELOPMENT TWO CASE STUDIES Thursday, October 12, 1995 Moderator David Antes, University of Delaware Dorothy Ives Dewey, University of Pennsylvania ^Blueprint for a Sufntri: Ttjng of Prussia, Pennsylvania 7:00am-6:15pm Registration: [Mezzanine Area] inthe 1350s Etan S. Diamond, Carnegie Mellon University TOURS The SuBurBamzation of Toronto's OrthodmcJearish Community Comment: David R. Contosta, Chestnut Hill College 7:30anv&00pm #1: Blue Ridge Parkway / Biltmore 9:00am-5:00pm #2: Kingsport / Jonesborough 3 (Salon C) WOMEN AND PLANNING l:00pm-6:00pm #3: Rngby Moderator. Betty Crory, Berkeley, California l:30pm-5:00prn #4: Oak Ridge Marguerite Duncan-Abrams, Carson Anderson and Associates 2:30pm-5:30pm #5: Norris A forte for Bettering the City: Southern Catifomia Women and the Creation efthc City (Pfenning Movement, 1313-1330 Tour busses/vans leave from (he front entrance of the Radisson Summit Hill Hotel. Please Alana J. Erickson, Columbia University gather there no less than IS minutes before the ^Domestic Service / 'Domestic Space stated departure time. Tour admission is by Comment: Eugenie L. Birch, Hunter College, CUNY ticket only. Tickets (if available) are obtained at the conference registration d e s k . Ticket price 4 (Summit H) NORRIS, TENNESSEE does not include lunch on the Blue Ridge and AS PLANNING ICON Kingsport tours. Moderator: Daniel Schaffer. U. of Tennessee David A. Johnson, University of Tennessee; 7pm-9:00pm Plenary Session and [Summit!] Aelred J. Gray, Tennessee Valley Authority Opening Reception yfprris, Tennessee: America's first QrcenBclt Town Charles E. Aguar, University of Georgia "Baric S. Draper: 90s TUA Staff and 9(pghBors Welcome: Laurence C. Gerckens, AICP in Qforris, Tennessee Founder, National Conferences on Comment: Daniel Schaffer, U. of Tennessee American Planning History Welcome to David Patterson, Director 5(LrngCntr) LEWIS MUMFORD: TRANS- Knoxville: School of Planning, U. of Tennessee ATLANTIC EXCHANGES About the David Schuyler Moderator: Robert Wojtowtcz, Old Dominica Univ. Program: Program Chair Andrew Meyers, Columbia University InoisiSCe Cities: Leans MumfortC Thomas Adams 9:30pm-11:30pm S A C R PH Board Meeting [Boardroom 2] and the Invention qfthelRtgicnalCity, 1323-1329 Leonid Rapoutov, Moscow Architectural Institute ThtlnfhiauxofLtwisQdumforiontkeTovmTlajii^ McntaGtyxnOtyssia Friday, October 13, 1995 Leonid Rapoutov'* participation hu been supported by a grant from the International Research and Exchanges Board, with funds provided by the US. Department of State (Tide VII) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. None of these organizations is responsible for the views expressed. 7:00am-6:00pm Registration [Mezzanine Area] 8:00am-9:00am Breakfast Buffet [Summit I] Comment: Robert Rshman, Rutgers Unrverstty-Camden 9:15am-6:15pm Book Exhibit Open [Boardroom 1] 10:30am-10:55am Coffee Break
9:15am-10:30am 1 (Salon A) AMERICAN PLANNING HISTORY 6 (Salon A) AMERICAN PLANNING HISTORY AND RACE: I AND RACE: U Moderator: Martha Ritzdorf, Virginia Polytechnic Univ. Moderator: Thomas Hanchett, Youngstown State Univ. Raymond A. Mohl, Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Connedy, Florida State University; %acc and fyal "Estate in tlrBan America, 1340-1360 Bobby Wilson, University of Alabama at Birmingham Tony Schuman, New Jersey Institute of Technology; The IRpots, Origins, andXvotution of African-American Elliott Sclar, Columbia University tPiannmg in (Birmingham, Alabama !Race, Class, and Space: A ^HistoricalComparison June Manning Thomas, Michigan State University of the Three fygiondTians ofOfait ¥orti Model Cities 3(evisited Comment: Arnold Hindi, University of New Orleans Comment: Christopher Silver, Virginia Common w e a l t h U. Comment: Thomas Hanchett, Youngstown State Univ. Page 1 SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN PLANNING HISTORY - KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE Friday, October 13, 1995 (cont.) 2:15pm-4:00pm C 30 (Lrng Cntr) EFFECTS OF 1950s FEDERAL POLICY ON THE BUILT Saturday, October 14, 1995 ENVIRONMENT Moderator John F. Baoman, California Univ. of Perm. Gail Salisbury, University of California at Los Angeles 8:00am-9:00am Breakfast Buffet Summit I Calculating Cost and Value: the 1SS4 Investigation of the 8:30am-9:00am Annual SACRPH federalHousing Administration and Section 608 of the Business Meeting 9{ationalHousing Act (Board Elections) Summit I Thomas Hanchett, Youngstown State University 9:15am-3:30pm Book Exhibit Open Boardroom No. 1 The Office (Paris Southern Contribution to the American Landscape? Comment: Erie Fure-Slocum. University of Iowa 9:15am-10:30am Cemcminreaitl StessStDms 10:30am-10:55am Coffee Break 26 (Salon A) AMERICAN COLONIAL PLANNING: NEW ENGLAND & PHILADELPHIA Moderator: John W. Reps, Cornell University 10:55am-12:10pm Cfl&mcetnircreaift Sessions J. Michael Desmond, Louisiana State University The Myth of America in CotonM9{fW'England: An 31 (Salon A) AMERICAN COLONIAL PLANNING: "Exploration into the SpatialLegacy of the Puritans THE SOUTH Moderator: Scott PhOyaw, University of North Carolina Ronald L. M. Ramsay, North Dakota State University Joseph B. Thomas, Jr., University of Maryland *Z7t* Crooded Straight and the (Rough (Places (Plane': The 'Effects of Marylands Town Acts A Social History of (Philadelphia's Urban Infrastructure in (Dorchester County, 1680-1775 to 1830 Kimberiy H. Robinson, University of Michigan De Monteauin Prize Winner Best Paper on Savannah: ColonialTtanning in Action American Colonial Community Planning Comment: Scott PhOyaw, University of North Carolina Comment: The Audience 32 (Salon B) SMALL TOWN DISCOURSE IN THE AGE OF CULTURE WARS: THE 27 (Salon B) THE BEGINNINGS OF HISTORIC CASE OF HATFIELD, MASS. . PRESERVATION Moderator: Mary Corbin Sies, University of Maryland Moderator Richard Lcngsuelh, George Washington U. Eric C. Olson, University of Maryland Michael HoUeran, University of Colorado at Denver Contested Values in a Changing Community: 'When Preservation 'Went 'Wrong: Institutionalization and Tradition, Modernity, and Small Town Culture Schf-Moyinalkation in MfW 'England, 1390-132$ Sue Ellen Henry, University of Virginia Randall Mason, Columbia University The Hatfield (Debate: An Argument for the (Poorer Urban Stipulation & the Construction tfCoSectioe Memory: of (Politics andfyGgion in the Age of Science Linking the 'Early City (Planning and Historic (Preservation Comment: Cathy D. Knepper. Kensington, Maryland fields Comment: Robert Pick. Cornell University 33 (Salon Q BARRIO AND NEIGHBORHOOD Moderator: Edward Oner, Univ. of MD-Bahimore Co. 28 (Salon C) PLANNING, ANNEXATION, AND INTEGRATION Ray Bromley, State University of New York at Albany Moderator James Borchert, Cleveland State Univ. Oty'Btaut^ulTlaiming in thcSouth(BrmvQ Christopher M. Scribner, Vanderbilt University fromTriumph to frustration, 1880-1340 Birmingham (Plans forProgress: Comprehensive (Planning David A. Badillo, University of Illinois, Chicago andthe'Batt/efor(Binningham, 1355-1362 (Planning and the llrban'Sarrias: San Antonio and Cynthia Mills Richter, University of Minnesota (tf&york.G*y> 1320-1370 Community ActioimandSuburbaniPuTnning: Comment: Edward Oner, Univ. of MD-Bahimore Co. (RacialIntegration in Shaker Heights Comment: James Borchert, Cleveland State University 34 (Summit H) LEWIS MUMFORD'S INFLUENCE O N PORTLAND, OREGON Moderator: Cart Abbott, Portland Slate University 29 (Summit H) 1930s COMMUNITY PLANNING I N RETROSPECT Martha J. Bianco, Portland State University Moderator Joseph Arnold. Univ. of MD at Baltimore Mumford Versus Moses: April R. Summitt, Western Michigan University (Paradigms of growth in (Portland, Oregon Arthur Morgan of the TVA: R. Bruce Stephenson, Rollins College Community (Planning and the future A Vision of green: The Mumford Legacy in (Portland Cathy D . Knepper, University of Maryland Comment: The Audience Qrtcnbclt, Maryland After Sixty years: An Analysis (continued) of its Accomplishments andfailures, 1335-1395 SEVENTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Comment: Joseph Arnold, Univ. of MD at Baltimore AMERICAN PLANNING HISTORY SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AUTUMN 1997 Page 4 SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN PLANNING HISTORY - KNOXVILLE, TJSNNESSEE Saturday, October 14, 1995 (cont.) 39 (Summit II) BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO PLANNING: ENGLISH IDEAS 10:55am-12:10pm Cowsminremtt Sess&sins (cont.) Moderator Frank Novak, Pepperdine University Mervyn Miller, Architect and Town Planner, Herts, U J C 35 (Lrng Cntr) THE OLMSTEDS AND THE William Morris: Pioneer of the tfobstic Vision PROFESSIONALIZATION OF PLANNING: A ROUNDTABLE Leslie D. Slavitt, Columbia University Moderator. Alleys Levee, Belmont, Massachusetts Planning for Peace andaOfau Internationalism: PatricfiQcddcs on the great War Evie T. Josclow, City University of New York Mark J. Ryan, RTKL Associates Another Look.at forest 96tts gardens, Queens The Influence ofPatridigeddes John J. Pittari, Jr., Ball State University Comment: Frank Novak. Pepperdine University Planning and ProfcssionaRzation: fredericl^Law Olmsted, Jr. and tk\'Eariy (Development of the American CityPlanning 40 (Lmg Cntr) PLANNING THE PROGRESSIVE Profession CITY Comment: Susan Klaus, Washington, D.C Moderator: John D. Fairfield, Xavier University Comment: John F. Bamnan, California University of Peon. William R. F. Phillips, Widener University The (Difficult Search forSocialOrder: Classical Urban 12:15pm-2pm Plenary Luncheon (Summit I) Sociology and City Planning at the Turn of the Century Keynote Address - UHA: Marina Moskowitz, Yale University Carl Abbott, Portland State University Systematizing the City: Mass Transit and Comprehensive President, Urban History Association Planning in the Progressive P.ra Howard H. Foster, Jr., University of Rhode Island Vfiiclear 9fov Towns and Sagebrush Subdivisions: 'Edwin (Rpgcrs and the Boston Metropolitan Commission, Stunning the Atomic West 1320-1326 Comment: John D. Fairfield, Xavier University 2:15pm-4:00pm C©m«aunr Saturday, October 14, 1995 (cont.) 7pm-8:00pm Conference Reception at 4:30pm-6:I5pm Cfl&iBcminremtl S«ssfi®ins (cont.) The Tennessee Valley Authority West Tower Lobby, TVA; 400 W. Summit Hill Drive 43 (Salon C) PLACES OF CULTURE AND CONSUMPTION Moderator Robert S. Hodder, Virginia Commonwealth U. The Society for American City and Regional Planning History, Stephen V. Ward, Oxford Brookes University, U.K. the Urban History Association, and the University of Tennessee Mace Marfoting: A Comparison of (British and gratefully acknowledge the support of the Tennessee Valley OCprtfc American Experiences Authority in providing this reception and auditorium facilities. David M Chasco, Lawrence Technological University Oipw 'European Museums: %tfmt£ng the (Physical 8pm-9:00pm Plenary Program at T.VA. andSocialfabric of'European Communities West Tower Auditorium, TVA; 400 W. Summit Hill Dr. John T. Metzger, The University of Pittsburgh Manning the festival QdarfotpCacc: Welcome: Mary Corbin Sies, President SACRPH South' Street Seaport in 9{ew fork. David Johnson, University of Tennessee Comment: Robert Bracgmann, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago A (Brief Overview of TVA Manning O&story 44 (Summit IT) INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES A. J. "Flash" Gray, Long-Time Head of the T.VA. ON PLANNING HISTORY Regional Planning Staff Moderator M.C. NDial Perera, Ball Slate University A (Retrospective on (RfgionalManning In 1&JL Bradley Cross, University of Cincinnati Brown Wright, Former Regional Planner, T.VA from TdodelToum. to Every Community: Official and Commentaries on TVA'sXsgienalManning Unofficial Agencies in the (Development of(RegionalManning m Canada, 1914-1360 (Presentation of Nada Lazarevid-Bajec, University of Belgrade 9&tionalManning ImdmarfjPtdque The Manning (Process: Ik Case of (Belgrade Laurence C. Gerckens, National Historian, AIGP; Faisal Mubarak, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia American Manning in Saudi AraSia Betsy Child, Senior Vice President of Economic Comment: M.C Ninal Perera, Ball State University Development, Tennessee Valley Authority 45 (Lmg Cntr) VISIONS AND PLANS IN THE 9:30pm-l 1:30pm SACRPH Board Meeting (Boardroom 1) EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY Moderator Robert A. Bumham. Macon College Alison Isenberg, Florida International University 'Envisioning Main Street America Sunday, October 15, 1995 Janet R, Daley Bednarek, University of Dayton last Opportunities and false 'Beacons: Ihefaiaire of Manning in (Dayton, Ohio TOURS Robert B. Fairbanks, University of Texas at Arlington 9:00am-12:30pm #6: Oak Ridge fytftmJang tlriran (Prohfems: Manning, Zoning, and City 9:30am-1230pm #7: Norris government, the (Dallas Experience 1300-1330 Tour busses/vans leave from the front entrance Comment: Robert A. Bumham, Macon College of the Radisson Summit Hill Hotel. Please gather there no less than 15 minutes before the The Society for American City stated departure time. Tour admission is by and Regional Planning History ticket only. Tickets (if available) are obtained founded at Qdmaws, Ohio, 1386 at the conference registration desk. fanning History Present, newsletter of the Society, i* published Note: Hotel checkout time (Radisson) is 12:00, noon. Parties twice yearly at Society headquarters, 3655 Darbythire Drive, may check out before the tour and leave their baggage with hotel Hffliard. Ohio 43026-2534 [phone (614)-876-2170 / fax (614>- storage until return. 876-2319) and is received as a benefit of membership. President: Mary Corbin Sies: University of Maryland, THE SDCTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE College Park, Maryland ON AMERICAN PLANNING HISTORY Vice-Pies.: Francois-Auguste de Monteqoin: Lewmont Institution, Washington Conference Chair. . . Mary Corbin Sies U. of Maryland-College Park Exec Sect: Laurence C. Gerckens: The On-Call Faculty Program, Inc., Milliard, Ohio Program Chair .... David Schuyler Franklin & Marshall College Board: Betty Croly Berkeley, California Robert Cadin Rutgers Universtty-Camden Local Coord/Tours. . James Spencer Christopher Silver Virginia Commonwealth U. University of Tennessee David Schuyler Franklin & Marshall College Books Chair. Thomas K. Davis Patricia Burgess Iowa State University James Spencer University of Tennessee University of Tennessee William H. Wilson University of North Texas Conference Manager . Laurence Gerckens The On-Call Faculty Program, Inc.