Frank Lloyd Wright and the American City: The Broadacres Debate Export

@article{citeulike:6058081, abstract = {Frank Lloyd Wright's principal attempt at urban planning—Broadacre City—constitutes an enigma. On one hand it has often been dismissed as an example of impractical utopianism; but on the other hand it seems to have foreshadowed forty years of suburbanization in the United States. To account for the paradox, several attempts to reassess the significance of Broadacre City have appeared in the last two decades. Combined with the original reactions to Wright's proposal in the thirties and forties, these discussions provide a timely debate which, upon examination, reveals part of the sociology of knowledge in architecture and planning. The first part of this article briefly summarizes Wright's proposal, including the philosophical background of Broadacre City, the spatial influences, and the reinforcement and support at the time of its publication. The second part analyzes the ensuing debate over questions of procedure and content between 1933 and the present. And the third part examines the disagreement in terms of the professional and philosophical orientations of the critics.}, author = {Grabow, Stephen}, citeulike-article-id = {6058081}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944367708977768}, doi = {10.1080/01944367708977768}, journal = {Journal of the American Planning Association}, keywords = {1930s, 1940s, america, american, broadacre, cars, cities, city, citylife, colonialism, debate, disagreement, driving, frank\_lloyd\_wright, modernism, spatiality, suburbanization, suburbia, suburbs, transit, utopia, utopianism}, number = {2}, pages = {115--124}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 01:57:50}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Frank Lloyd Wright and the American City: The Broadacres Debate}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944367708977768}, volume = {43}, year = {1977} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6058081 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6058081 N2 - Frank Lloyd Wright's principal attempt at urban planning—Broadacre City—constitutes an enigma. On one hand it has often been dismissed as an example of impractical utopianism; but on the other hand it seems to have foreshadowed forty years of suburbanization in the United States. To account for the paradox, several attempts to reassess the significance of Broadacre City have appeared in the last two decades. Combined with the original reactions to Wright's proposal in the thirties and forties, these discussions provide a timely debate which, upon examination, reveals part of the sociology of knowledge in architecture and planning. The first part of this article briefly summarizes Wright's proposal, including the philosophical background of Broadacre City, the spatial influences, and the reinforcement and support at the time of its publication. The second part analyzes the ensuing debate over questions of procedure and content between 1933 and the present. And the third part examines the disagreement in terms of the professional and philosophical orientations of the critics. IS - 2 JF - Journal of the American Planning Association EP - 124 TI - Frank Lloyd Wright and the American City: The Broadacres Debate PB - Routledge VL - 43 SP - 115 KW - 1930s KW - 1940s KW - america KW - american KW - broadacre KW - cars KW - cities KW - city KW - citylife KW - colonialism KW - debate KW - disagreement KW - driving KW - frank_lloyd_wright KW - modernism KW - spatiality KW - suburbanization KW - suburbia KW - suburbs KW - transit KW - utopia KW - utopianism AU - Grabow, Stephen PY - 1977/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944367708977768 ER -