Week 4: From City Beautiful to Urban Renewal: Architecture and Civic Identity
Автор: Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
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FROM CITY BEAUTIFUL TO URBAN RENEWAL: ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIC IDENTITY
Architects include Victor Gruen, Nathan Johnson, William Kessler, John Portman, Mies van der Rohe, Minoru Yamasaki
As Detroit’s economy sputtered in the second half of the century, the city’s tight urban plan of radial avenues and gridded neighborhoods gave way to government-cleared superblocks and highways. Urban renewal schemes erased historic buildings and displaced residents in order to develop massive new housing projects, commercial developments, healthcare complexes, and shopping malls. Internationally-renowned architects and planners were brought in to transform the metro area, with major economic and demographic consequences.
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