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._Haig

https://www.planning.org/library/greatbooks/decade2.htm

https://propertymetrics.com/blog/economic-base-analysis/#:~:text=Economic%20base%20analysis%20was%20developed,activities%20and%20non%2Dbasic%20activities

Clarence Perry’s Neighborhood Unit (1929):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Perry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood_unit

Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs:

https://rpa.org/work/reports/regional-plan-of-new-york-and-its-environs

https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/RPA-Plan1-v1-Regional-Plan-of-New-York-and-Its-Environs.pdf

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