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Index Note: Page numbers in italics signify­ photos or figures. Abbey, Edward, 124 Abrams, Charles, 67, 83, 89, 103–4 accelerated depreciation, 105–6 Adams, Thomas, 49 Addams, Jane, 5, 40, 44, 118, 124; and Plan of Chicago, 42–43, 192, 255n30; and settlement house movement, 33, 39–43 Added Value (New York), 243 Adler, Dankmar, 17 African Americans, 59, 77, 141; and Jim Crow segregation, 27; and slum clearance, 64, 68; in suburbs, 102, 132. See also racism and discrimination Agnew, Spiro, 92 Albright, Horace, 124 Allen, Will, 237–38 Alonso, William, 81 American Forests, 181 American Planning Association, 45 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990), 6, 172–73 Amigos de los Rios, 221–22 Anacostia River, 145–46, 203; history of cleanup effort in, 209–10; as sewer, 207–9, 212; as socioeconomic divide, 209 Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC), 212 Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI), 9, 211–13, 216 Anacostia Watershed Restoration Committee (AWRC), 210 Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS), 209–10 Anderson, Marian, 27, 35 Anti-congestion movement, 43–45 Appalachian Trail, 175–76 Army Corps of Engineers, 125, 144, 185–86, 206, 214–15 Art Institute (Chicago), 190, 279n8 asthma, 85, 141–42 Astor family, 26, 28 Atlanta, GA, 106–7; BeltLine in, 9, 170 Atlantic Yards (Brooklyn), 9 Atlas of Biodiversity (Chicago Wilderness), 246 Audubon Society, 124 Austin, Richard B., 74–75, 260n17 automobiles, 54, 94, 108, 143–44, 258n79; and 1939 World’s Fair, 56, 58, 84 Babcock, Richard F., 75, 111–12 Bacon, Edmund N., 67, 80–81 Ballon, Hilary, 72 Baltimore, MD, 79, 87 Barron, Rita, 206 Bartholomew, Harland, 49 Barwick, Kent, 197 Bassett, Edward, 49, 111 Battery Park City (New York), 189, 191, 196–97 Bauer Wurster, Catherine, 6, 65, 257n68; and housing reform, 43, 50, 68, 71 Bayh, Birch, 120 Bayou Preservation Association (BPA), 214 Bel Geddes, Norman, 58 BeltLine (Atlanta), 9, 170 Bennett, Edward H., 36, 49, 190–91 Berman v. Parker, 79–80, 211, 255n27 Beston, Henry, 124 Bettman, Alfred, 111 Biles, Roger, 29, 90 biodiversity, 117, 130, 145–46, 223, 225 Biodiversity (Wilson, ed.), 125 Biodiversity Recovery Plan (Chicago­Wilderness), 246 Birch, Eugenie L., 52, 224 Birkenhead Park (Liverpool), 179 288 Index Blackstone, Sir William, 45 Bloomberg, Michael R., 9, 140, 155, 157, 275n32; and PlaNYC, 4, 181, 245 Blumenauer, Earl, 240 bonds, municipal, 106, 110, 170 Bookman, Joel, 171 Boone, Robert, 209 Boston, MA, 23, 87, 144, 150, 179, 189; Big Dig and Rose Kennedy Greenway in, 199–202; Charles River restoration effort in, 186, 203–7; Dudley Street­ Neighborhood Initiative in, 168–69; Emerald Necklace park in, 30, 177; housing in, 26, 137; photos, 168, 202; Prudential Center and downtown­ development in, 79, 261n35; water and sewer system in, 30, 149, 265n45 botanical gardens, 241–43 Bradley, Tom, 220 Brandeis, Louis, 256n45 Bridgeport, CT, 139, 161 Broadacre City, 53–56 Bronx, NY (New York City), 3–4, 141 Bronx River Alliance, 4 Brooklyn, NY (New York City), 9, 19 Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG), 241–43; GreenBridge Program of, 242 Brooklyn Bridge, 18–19, 253n9 Brown v. Board of Education, 27, 261n39 Brugmann, Jeb, 106, 136 Bryan, John, 193 Bryant, William Cullen, 189 Buckingham Fountain (Chicago), 191, 192 Buffalo, NY, 21, 99 Buffalo Bayou, 144, 203, 213–15; Buffalo Bayou and Beyond master plan for, 215–18; Buffalo Bayou Partnership, 215 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (BOR), 129 Bureau of Reclamation, 125 Burnham, Daniel H., 17, 19, 33, 35, 42, 255n30; and Plan of Chicago, 36–37 Bush, George H. W., 167, 170, 172, 175, 185, 215 Bush, George W., 185 Buttenwieser, Ann, 198 Calthorpe, Peter, 159–60; and Associates, 162 Cape Cod National Seashore, 123, 129 “Carmageddon,” 137–38 Carnegie, Andrew, 28, 30 Caro, Robert A., 72 Carson, Rachel, 124 Carter, Jimmy, 184 Casey, Betty Brown, 181 Cavanaugh, Jerome, 89 Celebration, FL, 160–61 Center for Watershed Protection, 204 Central Park (New York), 18, 30, 179, 189–90, 193, 267n14 Century of Progress (Chicago World’s Fair1933–34), 55–56, 58 Chadwick, Edwin, 30, 254n30 Charles River, 144; restoration effort for, 186, 203–7; Charles River Watershed Association and, 206–7 Chicago, IL, 89, 106, 170, 259–60n12, 279n8; canal system in, 18, 30; Century of Progress in, 55–56, 58; Crosstown Expressway plans in, x, 88; forests and prairies in, 127, 179, 181; Grant Park in, 39, 190–91; green buildings in, 174–75, 181; growth of, 42, 99; meatpacking district in, 26, 39–40, 254n32; metropolitan region of, 148, 150; Millennium Park in, 190, 192–95...

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