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In Reply to: Theopolis Americana posted by KYMAK on August 11, 19100 at 00:43:56:
City Planning 1-7
1. " Only rarely has environmental quality been considered at the scale of the whole city or region. The technical and political effort that will be required to control regional landscape quality and to think of humane conditions of existence at that reach of size has still to be made." (Encyclopedia Britannica, c.1976, p. 1061d, Urban Design, Kevin Lynch, MIT.)
2. "Much of what is being built these days would be described by planning professionals as well planned or even planned at all; but some kind of solemn official approval has been given to virtually all… in accordance with government regulations. *” (APA Journal, Spring 1989, p 131) * Specious authority is the term used by the architect, F. Ll. Wright.
3. “What is needed is to show policy makers a new pattern that is superior to what is being followed now… The consequences of current development planning are all around us: things will only get worse if something isn’t done soon.” (Ibid. p. 135)
4. Florida is a leader among about a dozen states that have acted… to devise a system of managing growth… by Compact Urban Development.” (Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, 1989, p. 55, 58)
5. …”neither planners or developers plan America…bureaucrats and bankers do.” (APA Journal, Autumn 1990 , p.498). …”the financial community…follows a heard instinct…bankers will not finance new concepts…they depend on developers to initiate the projects and to ume the risks.” (ibid. p.498-9). Developers and planners need each other as never before. (ibid. p. 499)
6. Planners (non-architect) tend to regard land use as an allocation of resources problem, parceling out land, for zoning purposes. Without much knowledge of its three-dimensional characteristics, or the nature of the building that may be placed on it in the future. The result is that most zoning ordinances and official land use plans produce stereotyped and unimaginative buildings…. Land use would clearly be improved if it involved someone who understands three-dimensional design. URBAN DESIGN by Jonathan Barnett, c. 1977. P. 186.
7. The planning profession has lost sight of the future and is abandoning its responsibility in the design of cities and oriented more toward social sciences and scientific method. Work of other professionals are not being properly coordinated.” Andrew M. Isserman, “Dare to Plan”; TOWN PLANNING REVIEW, 1985, 56,4:483-91. (See APA Journal Autumn 1990, p. 502). Compare James S. Russell, AIA, Architectural Record, June1989 p. 79
8. To be continued.