The New City

Howard Sochurek (Cover photograph) New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 10.25 inches. 180, []4] pages. Illustrations DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Published for Urban America, Inc. Foreword by Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President of the United States. Includes essays and photographic essays, Findings and Recommendations, and an Index. The National Committee on Urban Growth Policy had Albert Rains as Chairman and Laurance Henderson as Director and was composted of The National Association of Counties, The National League of Cities, The United States Conference of Mayors, and Urban America, Inc. Donald Canty was the former editor of Architecture magazine and an author of books on urban life and social justice. Mr. Canty also founded and edited the short-lived City magazine in New York. He came to Washington in 1974 and turned the American Institute of Architects magazine into an award-winning magazine. He moved to Seattle in 1989 and was architecture critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. He was born in Oakland, Calif., and received a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1951. He began his career with Western Architect and Engineer, then moved to New York City to become senior editor of Architectural Forum. His books included "One Year Later", a response to the Kerner Commission report on urban violence; "A Single Society"; "The New City", which he edited and which led to the first comprehensive federal legislation on urban growth; and the 1966 revision of the architecture entry in the Boy Scout Merit Badge Handbook. The premise of this book is that the United States faces two urban crises, not one. The first is the headline-familiar crisis of desperation in the slums and ghettos of the cities. The second, closely related, might be called the crisis of urbanization: The likelihood that impending population growth, if is follows present patterns, will breed further division, further waste of resources, further despoliation of the environment. In The New City, a bi-partisan groups of national political leaders joins urban affairs specialists in urging America to change these patterns==to take a hand in its future, through a variety of planning tools including an expanded version of the concept of new towns. Condition: Good / Good.

Keywords: Urban Planning, City Planning, Economic Development, Urban Development, Housing, Metropolis, Land Use, Suburban, Zoning

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