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The City Beautiful Movement
Overview of the problems that cities faced at the end of the 19th century and the rise of the "City Beautiful" movement. "The first organized expression of the City Beautiful movement as a means of beautification and social control" was the 1901 plan for Washington, D.C., designed by Daniel Burnham. Includes an analysis of the successes and failures of both the plan and the movement, as well as a bibliography.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/CITYBEAUTIFUL/city.html
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