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• catalog abstract "Mansel Blackford's The Lost Dream explores the history of city planning in five Pacific Coast cities - Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - during the Progressive Era. Although city planning had diverse roots, Blackford shows that much of the early planning originated with businessmen who viewed it as a way to shape their urban environments both economically and socially. During the opening years of the twentieth century, the business and political leaders in each of these cities began developing comprehensive city plans encompassing harbor improvements, new street and transportation facilities, civic centers, and parks and boulevards. As Blackford shows, businessmen worked through both established political channels and newly formed bodies outside of those channels to become leaders in the planning process. As the planning campaigns evolved, businessmen found themselves both joined and opposed by ever-changing coalitions of professionals, politicians, and workers. The way that businessmen had previously interacted with these other parties greatly affected their success in obtaining their goals, but ultimately, Blackford claims, politics lay at the heart of planning. The proposed plans were accepted or rejected in heated citywide elections in which, to be successful, businessmen had to convince others to vote with them - a feat they achieved in only one city. Nevertheless, these plans were often later adopted in some piecemeal fashion, and Blackford concludes his study with an analysis of the legacy of Progressive Era city planning for later periods. . The Lost Dream makes significant contributions to our understanding of city planning in America and particularly in the American West.".
• catalog contributor b3805301.
• catalog created "[1992], c1993.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "[1992], c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "[1992], c1993.".
• catalog description ". The Lost Dream makes significant contributions to our understanding of city planning in America and particularly in the American West.".
• catalog description "During the opening years of the twentieth century, the business and political leaders in each of these cities began developing comprehensive city plans encompassing harbor improvements, new street and transportation facilities, civic centers, and parks and boulevards. As Blackford shows, businessmen worked through both established political channels and newly formed bodies outside of those channels to become leaders in the planning process. As the planning campaigns evolved, businessmen found themselves both joined and opposed by ever-changing coalitions of professionals, politicians, and workers. The way that businessmen had previously interacted with these other parties greatly affected their success in obtaining their goals, but ultimately, Blackford claims, politics lay at the heart of planning.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-186) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: City Planning, Businessmen, and Scholars -- 1. From Village to Metropolis -- 2. San Francisco Rejects the Burnham Plan -- 3. City Planning in Oakland and Los Angeles -- 4. Seattle and the Bogue Plan -- 5. Portland Adopts the Bennett Plan -- 6. Patterns and Stages in City Planning.".
• catalog description "Mansel Blackford's The Lost Dream explores the history of city planning in five Pacific Coast cities - Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - during the Progressive Era. Although city planning had diverse roots, Blackford shows that much of the early planning originated with businessmen who viewed it as a way to shape their urban environments both economically and socially.".
• catalog description "The proposed plans were accepted or rejected in heated citywide elections in which, to be successful, businessmen had to convince others to vote with them - a feat they achieved in only one city. Nevertheless, these plans were often later adopted in some piecemeal fashion, and Blackford concludes his study with an analysis of the legacy of Progressive Era city planning for later periods.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 189 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Lost dream.".
• catalog identifier "0814205895 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Lost dream.".
• catalog isPartOf "Urban life and urban landscape series".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "[1992], c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Columbus : Ohio State University Press,".
• catalog relation "Lost dream.".
• catalog spatial "Pacific States".
• catalog subject "307.1/26/0979 20".
• catalog subject "Businessmen Pacific States History.".
• catalog subject "Businesspeople Pacific States History.".
• catalog subject "City planning Pacific States Citizen participation History.".
• catalog subject "City planning Pacific States History.".
• catalog subject "HT167.5.A18 B53 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: City Planning, Businessmen, and Scholars -- 1. From Village to Metropolis -- 2. San Francisco Rejects the Burnham Plan -- 3. City Planning in Oakland and Los Angeles -- 4. Seattle and the Bogue Plan -- 5. Portland Adopts the Bennett Plan -- 6. Patterns and Stages in City Planning.".
• catalog title "The lost dream : businessmen and city planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890-1920 / Mansel G. Blackford.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".