Episode 39: An Empire Region of Planning

Sometimes, New York really can feel like the heart of it all. Well, in this episode we'll talk a little bit about the Regional Plan of New York and its Environs, and two other related planning landmarks, Robert Murray Haig's "Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement, and Clarence Perry's "Neighborhood Unit."Robert Murray Haig’s Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement (1927):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Haighttps://www.planning.org/library/greatbooks/decade2.htmhttps://propertymetrics.com/blog/economic-base-analysis/#:~:text=Economic%20base%20analysis%20was%20developed,activities%20and%20non%2Dbasic%20activitiesClarence Perry’s Neighborhood Unit (1929):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Perryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood_unitRegional Survey of New York and Its Environs:https://rpa.org/work/reports/regional-plan-of-new-york-and-its-environshttps://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/RPA-Plan1-v1-Regional-Plan-of-New-York-and-Its-Environs.pdf