ULI & NAHB on ‘Urban Sprawl’ (1959) - Interesting thoughts on sprawl from 1959. The problems identified here by ULI and NAHB are monotonous spread of housing and disruption of idyllic country settings. The suggested solutions appear to be continued sprawl though both isolated and segregated land-uses, and the idea that surrounding everything in parkland and ‘natural settings’ makes the situation better.
We laugh now 50 years later and see the hypocracy in the solutions provided, but it begs the questions; “What will the feedback be on our ‘best practices’ and planning solutions 50 years from now?’.
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POSTED Saturday December 17th
