People and Cities

September 2006

Urban Land in the New YorkMetropolitan Region

1930 1990

From E. Howard – “Three Magnets” 1898

Le Corbusier and the 1930s Radiant City

Frank Lloyd Wright and 1930s Broadarce City

Robert Moses and NYC

Cross Bronx Expressway

People and Cities: Tensions and Roots of Sustainability

• Authors: Ebenezer Howard, Lewis Mumford, Aldo Leopold, Jane Jacobs, Ian McHarg

• Balance: Low density vs. high density - Howard• Cities Arise out of Needs and Desires. How are

cities produced? From what societal actions do they result? Mumford

• Loss of connection between land and people - Leopold

• What are the measures of a good community – Jacobs

• Identify good places for community - McHarg