Before renaissance : planning in Pittsburgh, 1889-1943 / John F. Bauman and Edward K. Muller.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bauman, John F., 1938-
Other Authors: Muller, Edward K.
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
City planning > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History.
Urban renewal > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History.
Physical Description:xiii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Planning and the industrial city
  • Ring-led development and planning
  • If ever a city needed the definite plan
  • The rebirth of planning in post-World War I Pittsburgh
  • Planning and professionalism in the 1920s
  • The limitations of planning
  • The Depression, the New Deal, and planning's survival
  • Urban crisis and the advent of renaissancemanship
  • A scaffolding for urban renaissance.