Misc.

Question 1

Erie Canal completed in?

Answer 1

1825

Question 2

Union Pacific and Central Pacific joined when/where and formed what?

Answer 2

Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 to form the transcontinental railroad

Question 3

First US city with a subway and when?

Answer 3

Boston, 1897

Question 4

1901 Plan for Washington D.C. was part of what movement?

Answer 4

City Beautiful Movement

Question 5

First historic preservation commission formed where and when?

Answer 5

Vieux Carre, New Orleans, LA in 1921

Question 6

First off-street parking regulations, where and when?

Answer 6

Columbus, Ohio in 1923

Question 7

First historic preservation ordinance enacted where and when?

Answer 7

Charleston, South Carolina in 1931

Question 8

First urban growth boundary established in US where and when?

Answer 8

Lexington, kentucky in 1958

Question 9

First state to institute statewide zoning?

Answer 9

Hawaii in 1961

Question 10

AICP and ASPO joined to form APA when?

Answer 10

1978

Question 11

Largest concrete structure in the US?

Answer 11

Grand Coulee Dam, completed in 1941

Question 12

Zip Code stands for what?

Answer 12

Zone Improvement Plan Code

Question 13

How many square feet in 1 acre?

Answer 13

43,560 square feet

Question 14

How many linear feet in 1 mile?

Answer 14

5,280 linear feet

Question 15

How many acres in 1 hectacre?

Answer 15

2.47 acres

Question 16

How many acers in 1 square mile?

Answer 16

640 acres

Question 17

USGS map scale

Question 18

Due Process Clause

Question 19

1909 Plan for Chicago

Answer 19

Burnham. Plan proposed transportation and parkway schemes for the entire region (from downtown Chicago to Kenosha, Wisconsin). First comprehensive plan for orderly development of a great American city. Launched the City Beautiful Movement. Spawned civic center and community centers around the nation.

Major components: system of regional highways, systematic arrangement of streets/avenues, diagonal boulevards to facilitate flow to and from CBD, improved railroads terminals, improved lake frontage with parks, beaches, off-shore islands, extension of outer park system (mostly forest preserves). Promoted new centers of intellectual life and civic administration.

Question 20

Suburban Action Institute in 1969

Answer 20

Founded by Paul Davidoff. Institute challenged exclusionary zoning in the courts, winning a notable success in the Mt. Laurel case. This led to the requirement by the state supreme court of New Jersey that communities must supply their “regional fair share” of low-income housing needs.

Question 21

First suburban shopping center?

Answer 21

Country Club Plaza, Kansas City , MO (1922). Developed by J.C. Nichols.

Question 22

First comprehensive code in the US?

Answer 22

New York City Zoning Code (1916)

Question 23

Nation’s first downtown pedestrian mall?

Answer 23

Kalamazoo Mall (Michigan), 1956

Question 24

First National Park?

Answer 24

Yellowstone (1972)

Question 25

American City Planning Institute (ACPI) formed when?

Answer 25

1917

Question 26

American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) formed when?

Answer 26

1934

Question 27

ACPI renamed the American Institute of Planning (AIP) when?

Answer 27

1939