num_pages: 189
description: The Lost Dream explores the history of city planning in five Pacific Coast cities during the Progressive Era. Although city planning had diverse roots, Blackford shows that much of the early planning originated with businessmen who viewed it as a way to shape their urban environments both economically and socially.
language: English
title: The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890-1920
titlecomplete: The Lost Dream: Businessmen and City Planning on the Pacific Coast, 1890-1920 (Urban Life and Urban Landscape Series)
ratings_count: 1
series: Urban Life and Urban Landscape
publisher: Ohio State Univ Pr