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List of urban planners chronological by initial year of plan. c. 332 BC Dinocrates – Alexandria, Egypt; c. 408 BC Hippodamus of Miletus – Piraeus (port of Athens), Thurii, Rhodes; 330-336 CE Constantine – Byzantium replanned and rebuilt as the city of Constantinople. c. 413 – Flavius Anthemius – Theodosian Walls
Kevin Andrew Lynch (January 7, 1918 – April 25, 1984) was an American urban planner and author. He is known for his work on the perceptual form of urban environments and was an early proponent of mental mapping.
They had five children—two daughters and three sons—including Daniel Burnham Jr., born in February 1886, [45] who became an architect and urban planner like his father. He worked in his father's firm until 1917, and served as the Director of Public Works for the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair , known as the "Century of Progress".
Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century. Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential people in the history of New York City and New York state. The grand scale of his infrastructure ...
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Edmund Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author.During his tenure as the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, his visions shaped today's Philadelphia, the city of his birth, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia".
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DPZ participated in the formation of the international urban planning movement known as New Urbanism, intended to offer an alternative to suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. The firm first received recognition as the designer of new towns such as Seaside, Florida and Kentlands, Maryland. The firm has since completed designs and codes for ...