Category: 1900-1945

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Euclidean Zoning – Village of Euclid Zoning Ordinance

Village of Euclid Zoning Ordinance PDF Author: Village of Euclid, Ohio Date: 1922 Publisher: Village of Euclid, Ohio Source: City of Euclid, Ohio: http://www.cityofeuclid.com/community/development/PlanningandZoningDivision/EuclideanZoningHistoricDocuments Description: This is the original zoning code of Euclid, Ohio, which was the basis of the 1926 U.S. Supreme Court case. Assessment: “Euclidean Zoning” is based on this zoning ordinance. The term is … Continue reading Euclidean Zoning – Village of Euclid Zoning Ordinance

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The Neighborhood Unit

The Neighborhood Unit PDF Author: Clarence Perry Date: 1929 Publisher: Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs Source: Neighborhood and Community Planning. (1974). Regional Survey of New York and its Environs, Volume VII, Monograph One, 21-140. New York: Arno Press. Selections: Neighborhood-Unit principles, and plan drawings Description: These sections present principles and schemes for residential districts … Continue reading The Neighborhood Unit

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The London Building Acts

Link to: The London Building Acts Author: Fletcher, Banister Date: 1894-1914 Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford Source:Available Online http://www.archive.org/details/londonbuildingac00fletrich Description: The London building acts, including the London building act, 1894; the amendment acts of 1898 and 1905; L.C.C. general power acts, 1908 and 1909; the Cinematograph act, 1909; Town planning act, etc.; a tect-book on the … Continue reading The London Building Acts

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Successful Subdivisions

Successful Subdivisions PDF Author: Federal Housing Administration Date: 1940 Source: Land Planning Bulletin No. 1. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Selections: Details for Planned Neighborhoods (pp. 12-21) Description: This bulletin attempts to set forth planning principles for subdivisions for low-cost houses to provide economy and protection against neighborhood blight. These principles are stated to be adjustable to … Continue reading Successful Subdivisions

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Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907

Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 Author: Governmental documents Date: 1907 Publisher: the U.K. Government Translation: Source: public domain; available here Selections: Introduction, and Part II, Streets and buildings Description: Numerous acts dealing with public health were passed from 1849 to 1874; This one includes regulations on streets and buildings. Assessment: The 1907 Public Health Act Amendments … Continue reading Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907

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Planning Profitable Neighborhoods

Planning Profitable Neighborhoods PDF Author: Federal Housing Administration Date: 1938 Publisher: Translation: Source: Technical Bulletin No. 7. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Selections: Principles of land division that makes neighborhoods more desirable (pp. 8-17). Description: These principles were presented as the fundamental principles and standards for developers to make communities more desirable places. They regulate … Continue reading Planning Profitable Neighborhoods

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Planning Neighborhoods for Small Houses

Planning Neighborhoods for Small Houses PDF Author: Federal Housing Administration Date: 1938 Source: Technical Bulletin No. 5. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Selections: Part II: General principles & Part III: Neighborhood Design (pp. 2-27) Description: This bulletin attempts to set forth planning principles to be followed for neighborhoods that are financially secure and attractive as well as … Continue reading Planning Neighborhoods for Small Houses

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Housing and Town Planning in Great Britain, including the Housing, Town Planning Act

PDF for: Housing and Town Planning in Great Britain, including the Housing, Town Planning Act Author: W. Addington Willis Date: 1910 Publisher: Butterworth & Co., and Shaw & Sons, London Source: public domain Selections: Table of Contents, Part II town planning, Appendices incliding Housing, Town Planning Act 1909 Description: This treatise by Willis explains the (British) … Continue reading Housing and Town Planning in Great Britain, including the Housing, Town Planning Act

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Hampstead Garden Suburb Act

Hampstead Garden Suburb Act PDF Author: The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Date: 1906 Source: Hamstead Garden Suburb: History. (1988). Retrieved February 21, 2008 from http://www.hgs.org.uk/index.html Selections: Sections 2, 3 & 5; Unwin’s 1905 Plan for Hamstead Garden Suburb (in Miller, 2006, p. 53); 1946 pictorial map of Hampstead Garden Suburb (in Miller, 2006, p. vi) Description: The … Continue reading Hampstead Garden Suburb Act

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General Building Law of Saxony

General Building Law of Saxony PDF Author: Building Police, Saxony Date: 1900 Publisher: Saxony, Germany Source: Quoted from The Improvement of the Dwellings and Surroundings of the People: The Example of Germany, by T.C. Horsfall, 1904; also reprinted in Robinson, p. 236 Description: General Building Law of Saxony, Quoted in The Improvement of the Dwellings and … Continue reading General Building Law of Saxony