City Planning Firsts Flashcards
In 1867, San Francisco
passed the first land use zoning restrictions on the location of noxious uses.
In 1903, Cleveland
created the first local civic center plan in the U.S. Daniel Burnham, John Carrere, and Arnold Brunner were responsible for the plan’s development.
In 1906, San Francisco
was the first major American city to apply City Beautiful principles, using a plan developed by Daniel Burnham.
In 1907, the first town planning board
created in Hartford, Connecticut.
In 1909, Daniel Burnham
created the first metropolitan regional plan for Chicago. In the same year, Wisconsin was the first state to pass enabling legislation and Los Angeles was the first city to use land use zoning to guide development.
In 1914, Newark, New Jersey
hired the first full-time employee for a city planning commission, Harland Bartholomew. Bartholomew went on to become one of the most famous planning consultants.
In 1916, New York City
adopted the first comprehensive zoning code, written by Edward Bassett.
In 1922, Los Angeles County
formed the first regional planning commission.
In 1924, Secretary Herbert Hoover of the U.S. Department of Commerce
issued the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act.
In 1925, The City of Cincinnati
the first major U.S. city to adopt a comprehensive plan, produced by Alfred Bettman and Ladislas Segoe.
In 1928, the U.S. Department of Commerce
under Secretary Herbert Hoover, released the Standard City Planning Enabling Act.
In 1933, the first U.S. National Planning Board
created. It was later renamed the National Resources Planning Board and then abolished in 1943.
In 1934, the first federally supported public housing
constructed in Cleveland, although the first to be occupied was located in Atlanta.
In 1961, Hawaii
the first state to introduce statewide zoning, which was later amended in 1978.
