By Robert H. Kargon, Arthur P. Molella
ISBN-10: 0262113201
ISBN-13: 9780262113205
ISBN-10: 1435662873
ISBN-13: 9781435662872
Tracing the layout of "techno-cities" that mix the technological and the pastoral.
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Before World War I, Delano had introduced Roosevelt to the City of Chicago Plan. “I think from that very moment,” Roosevelt wrote in 1932, “I have been interested in not the mere planning of a single city but in the larger aspects of planning. ” One of the key areas of concern is land utilization: Hitherto, we have spoken of two types of living and only two—urban and rural. 34 Planning for National Regeneration 33 Roosevelt’s interest in regionalism doubtless was behind the invitation to be keynote speaker at the July 1931 Roundtable on Regional Planning at the University of Virginia.
The inner contradictions of the founding idea—a massive industrial complex within a “green” environment—may have doomed them from the start. 83 Salzgitter and Norris reflect all these, plus a characteristically pre-World War I nostalgia for the rural and a distrust of the industrial city. The legacy of the 1930s’ techno-cities is precisely this: they remind us once again of questions of the limits and strengths of planning; of looking for the optimum ways to deal with sprawl and congestion through the Garden City idea; of the role of visions of the future, utopian thrusts, and their dangers.
All sides agreed on the importance of overcoming the town-country divide. More orthodox disciples of Ebenezer Howard, including V. N. 7 Generally aligned against them were the “Urbanists” or “Sotsgorod” (Socialist Town) group, among whom the theorist Leonid Sabsovich was prominent. The Urbanists usually advocated the planning of middle-size cities (usually under 80,000–100,000) in connection with industrial sites or state farms (sovkhozy). 8 Opposing both the Garden City advocates and the Urbanists were the Disurbanists, led by Moisei Okhitovich and Moisei Ya.