http://citiwire.net/post/554/ Leaving behind the 20th century pattern of cheap energy, endless automobility, burgeoning suburbs, threatened inner cities. To a challenge-packed 21st century: energy prices headed north, perilous carbon emissions, deepening have-have not divisions. But a time of exciting promise, too. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://citiwire.net/post/554/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Another Herbert Hoover legacy: Soul-less zoning « Planning Livable Communities Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:51:20 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=554#comment-396 [...] Another Herbert Hoover legacy: Soul-less zoning Many of us have Herbert Hoover on our minds these days, wondering whether our economy is once again on the precipice, as it was during the Hoover administration. However, I didn’t know until today that Hoover, along with his economic infamy, was also a key player in creating zoning regulations that outlawed great community development patterns. “As Commerce Secretary, he championed the Standard Zoning Enabling Act to address ‘the moral and social issues that can only be solved by a new conception of city building,’ ” writes Rick Cole at Citiwire.net. [...] [...] Another Herbert Hoover legacy: Soul-less zoning Many of us have Herbert Hoover on our minds these days, wondering whether our economy is once again on the precipice, as it was during the Hoover administration. However, I didn’t know until today that Hoover, along with his economic infamy, was also a key player in creating zoning regulations that outlawed great community development patterns. “As Commerce Secretary, he championed the Standard Zoning Enabling Act to address ‘the moral and social issues that can only be solved by a new conception of city building,’ ” writes Rick Cole at Citiwire.net. [...]

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