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