New life for American Downtowns? The 1958 international seminar on urban renewal and the travel of planning ideas in the North Atlantic World

Wagner, Phillip

doi:10.1080/02665433.2013.869183

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“…Here, research has examined the experiences of mobile planning consultants (Cook & Ward, 2012b;Rapoport, 2014); planners on lecture tours (Amati & Freestone, 2009); and planners who have emigrated to work in different national contexts (Gregory, 2012). This focus on the mobility of both individual actors and of associated expertise has parallels with the literature on "policy tourism" which analyses a set of activities such as conferences, fact-finding trips and walking tours where "best practices" are presented, discussed and, in some cases, experienced first-hand and up-close (Cook & Ward, 2011, 2012aCook et al, 2014;González, 2011;Wagner, 2014;Ward, 2011). Studies of policy tourism have paid close attention to the mundane and ordinary aspects of learning, with an emphasis on the planning, performativity and, to a lesser extent, the repercussions of policy tourism for the participants, hosts and places involved.…”

Section: Policy Mobilities Policy Tourism and Planningmentioning

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Post-war planning and policy tourism: the international study tours of the Town and Country Planning Association 1947–1961

Cook

Ward

2015

Planning Theory & Practice

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In light of the burgeoning academic interest in policy mobilities and policy tourism, this paper offers a critical insight into international planning study tours. Countering the contemporary focus of much of the research on these topics, this paper draws on archival research to explore the international study tours of the UK's Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) between 1947 and 1961. In doing this, the paper makes two wider arguments; first, that there remains significant mileage in bringing together the policy mobilities literature with the work on past exchanges and visits by architects, engineers and planners and, second, that greater awareness and appreciation of past examples of comparison and learning might allow contemporary studies to be situated in their longer historical trajectories.

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Section: Policy Mobilities Policy Tourism and Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-war planning and policy tourism: the international study tours of the Town and Country Planning Association 1947–1961

Cook

Ward

2015

Planning Theory & Practice

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“…28 At an international seminar on urban renewal held in The Hague, the Netherlands in 1958, downtown pedestrianization was a seminal topic of discussion. 29 At the seminar, urban renewal ideas were shared from American proposals to pedestrianize entire downtown districts like the plans for Cincinnati, OH, as well as from existing examples of pedestrianization in Europe including the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. At the conclusion of the seminar, delegates from both Europe and North America nearly unanimously agreed "that pedestrian zones would play a pivotal role in attracting more people to downtown."…”

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“…Many of these temporary malls generated significant public interest as a novelty; however, merchants continued to have concerns that removing automobile traffic from Main Streets would negatively impact retail sales. 56 Oxnard, CA in 1957 and Waco, TX in 1958, both implemented 1-week pedestrian mall trials before going forward with permanent pedestrian mall plans that were implemented years later. 57 Likewise, Toledo, OH and Eugene, OR also piloted temporary pedestrian mall experiments during the summer of 1959.…”

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Placing the North American Post-war Pedestrian Mall Within the Legacy of Downtown Urban Renewal

Gregg

2024

Journal of Planning History

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This paper investigates how the pedestrian mall concept evolved and was broadly replicated in the post-war period in North America, specifically positioning downtown pedestrian malls as a case study of urban renewal ideas and practices. This research describes how ideas of pedestrianization evolved from a modernist utopian concept, to a more constrained pragmatic approach that was widely implemented. Furthermore, this research links the proliferation of pedestrian malls to federal urban renewal funding in the US. Like many mid-century urban renewal projects however, only a few pedestrian malls remain intact today.

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“…The final section of the site analysis is focused on the hospital site and specific issues of heritage relevant to the Riddiford Building. , 2014-2043WCC, 2008). The 'Regeneration of Adelaide Road' 18 includes physical works to improve the street for various modes of transport and facilitation work to stimulate high-quality, mixed-use development in the area and deliver housing for up to 2000 people (WCC, 2008).…”

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Revitalization and gentrification in Newtown: Can urban regeneration strengthen an existing community?

Wilson¹

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<p>This thesis examines gentrification and the process of urban regeneration through proposing an adaption of a modernist heritage building in Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand to prevent the displacement of an existing community. Council policies for urban regeneration support future residential development in Newtown (eg. Adelaide Road – Planning for the Future, Wellington Urban Growth Plan 2014-2043, NZ Transport Agency (Let’s Get Wellington Moving Project)) and, as funding is geared towards upgrading the city to become more liveable, private investment will potentially occur. These initiatives may attract affluent user groups, increasing the likelihood of lower income residents becoming displaced. Newtown therefore is a suburb where existing residents may be displaced as gentrification occurs. Although there have been studies on urban regeneration and the effects of gentrification in Wellington, none have attempted to offer a built environment design solution to mitigate the adverse effects of gentrification on an existing community in Wellington. The Riddiford Building, which is part of an Institutional Precinct - a hospital site, and may be demolished. This thesis argues that building adaption to accommodate a new user group for this building is feasible and could save a building with cultural significance from demolition. Further, the building could accommodate students and lower socio-economic occupants in order to prevent the displacement of existing Newtown residents.</p>

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New life for American Downtowns? The 1958 international seminar on urban renewal and the travel of planning ideas in the North Atlantic World

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Post-war planning and policy tourism: the international study tours of the Town and Country Planning Association 1947–1961

Post-war planning and policy tourism: the international study tours of the Town and Country Planning Association 1947–1961

Placing the North American Post-war Pedestrian Mall Within the Legacy of Downtown Urban Renewal

Revitalization and gentrification in Newtown: Can urban regeneration strengthen an existing community?

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