Firsts

Question 1

Erie Canal

Answer 1

Built between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo. It was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America. The canal put New York on the map as the Empire State—the leader in population, industry, and economic strength.

Question 2

First council of government

Answer 2

Detroit in 1954

Question 3

First course in city planning

Answer 3

1909 - Harvard University

Question 4

First department store

Answer 4

Salt Lake City, 1868; founded by Brigham Young as way to decrease dependence on outside goods

Question 5

First Earth Day

Answer 5

4/22/70

Question 6

First elevator

Answer 6

1850 in NYC

Question 7

First exam for AIP membership was administered

Answer 7

1977

Question 8

First extra-territorial subdivision review

Answer 8

California 1915

Question 9

First full-time planner

Answer 9

Harland Bartholomew. Newark, NJ (1914)

Question 10

First garden city in the U.S.

Answer 10

Radburn, NJ

Question 11

First historic preservation commission

Answer 11

Vieux Carre, New Orleans (1921)

Question 12

First historic preservation ordinance

Answer 12

Charleston (1921)

Question 13

First historic preservation ordinance

Answer 13

Charleston, SC

Question 14

First issue of City Planning

Answer 14

1925, published by ACPI and the National Conference on City Planning. Predecessor to JAPA.

Question 15

First limited access highway

Answer 15

Bronx River Parkway (1926). Robert Moses

Question 16

First local civic center plan

Answer 16

Cleveland (1903) Developed by Daniel Burnham, John Carrere, and Arnold Brunner

Question 17

First major American city to apply the City Beautiful principles

Answer 17

Washington DC (1902) or San Francisco (1906)? Burnham

Question 18

First major indoor shopping mall

Answer 18

Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota (1956)

Question 19

First Multi-State Planning Commission

Answer 19

1934. WA, OR, ID & MT

Question 20

First national conference on planning

Answer 20

Washington, D.C. in 1909

Question 21

First National Park

Answer 21

Yellowstone (1872)

Question 22

First National Planning Board

Answer 22

1933 Later renamed National Resources Planning Board. Abolished in 1943

Question 23

First National Wildlife Refuge

Answer 23

Pelican Island, FL (1903)

Question 24

First officially adopted plan

Answer 24

Cincinnati

Question 25

First outdoor shopping mall

Answer 25

Kalamazoo, Michigan (1959)

Question 26

First planned suburban community

Answer 26

Riverside, IL

Question 27

First Planned Unit Development

Answer 27

1949. Prince George County, MD

Question 28

First planning commission

Answer 28

Hartford, CT (1907)

Question 29

First planning consultant

Answer 29

Planning Technical Advisory Corp. Ford and Goodrich 1913

Question 30

First President of ACPI

Answer 30

Frederick Law Olmstead, JR.

Question 31

First Public Water System

Answer 31

Philadelphia

Question 32

First regional high speed transit

Answer 32

Bay Area Rapid Transit 1972

Question 33

First regional planning agency?

Answer 33

Atlanta, 1949

Question 34

First regional planning commission

Answer 34

Los Angeles County (1922)

Question 35

First safety elevator

Answer 35

NYC, 1857, Elisha Otis; made highrise buildings feasible

Question 36

First skyscraper

Answer 36

1885, Chicago; structural steel made skyscraper possible

Question 37

First state to mandate municipal planning

Answer 37

Massachusetts 1913

Question 38

First state to pass enabling legislation for zoning

Answer 38

Wisconsin (1909)

Question 39

First state to require subdivisions to go to PC

Answer 39

New Jersey 1913

Question 40

First statewide zoning

Answer 40

Hawaii (1961) Amended in 1978

Question 41

First study of the four steps in the travel demand model

Answer 41

Chicago, IL in 1955

Question 42

First subway

Answer 42

Boston, MA in 1897

Question 43

First TDR

Answer 43

Chicago 1971

Question 44

First urban growth boundary

Answer 44

1958 in Lexington and Fayette County, KY

Question 45

First US Transcontinental Highway

Answer 45

Lincoln Highway (dedicated 1913)

Question 46

First wildlife refuge

Answer 46

Florida - Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Question 47

First zoning ordinance

Answer 47

1916 New York City Covered the entire city and controlled land use, building height, and setbacks Based on separating incompatible land uses from one another Drafted by Edward Bassett

Question 48

First zoning ordinance

Answer 48

New York City

Question 49

First zoning restrictions on the location of obnoxious uses

Answer 49

San Francisco (1867)