St. Louis plans
Subtitle: the ideal and the real St. Louis
By: edited by Mark Tranel.
Contributors: Tranel, Mark, 1950-; Missouri Historical Society.
Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press; Distributed by University of Missouri Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: St. Louis; [Columbia, Mo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781883982614
Subjects: City planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History; Regional planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis Metropolitan Area -- History; Regional planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis County -- History; Planning -- Missouri -- Saint Louis Metropolitan Area -- History; Saint Louis Metropolitan Area (Mo.) -- History; Saint Louis County (Mo.) -- History
Other titles: Saint Louis plans
Description: "Reviews the history of various aspects of planning in St. Louis City and County and provides insight into planning successes and challenges"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Robert R. Archibald; title: Introduction: From dreams to reality : the Arch as metaphor for St. Louis plans / Mark Tranel; title: A document that changed America : the 1907 a city plan for St. Louis / Mark Abbott; title: Planning for regional governance in the St. Louis area : the context, the plans, the outcomes / Don Phares; title: Harland Bartholomew, city engineer / Joseph Heathcott; title: The 1947 comprehensive city plan and Harland Bartholomew's St. Louis / Mark Abbott; title: Planning since the 1970s in the city of St. Louis / Charles Kindleberger; title: Ahead of the curve? : planning in St. Louis County, 1930-2000 / E. Terrence Jones; title: Civic planning in St. Louis : the case of St. Louis 2004 / Will E. Winter; title: Economic development planning in metropolitan St. Louis / Robert M. Lewis; title: Aspects of educational planning for public schools in St. Louis County / Carole Murphy, Helene Sherman, Chris Wright, Diana Bourisaw; title: Social planning in the St. Louis region / Richard Patton; title: Pursuing an elusive end : highway and transit planning in St. Louis / Jerry Blair; title: The challenges to workforce development planning in postwar St. Louis / David Laslo.