US History 1914-1945

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Rise of the automobile industry , construction and technology and their effects on suburbanization

Introduction

After World War I , Americans started embracing the newly introduced automobile industry . In the 1920s , while most urban planners struggled with developing the 19th century street plans to the automobile industry , implementing land use zoning and preparing comprehensive plans in hope some to development , a few critical observers tried to envision more dramatic spatial solutions for organizing the 20th century metropolis

Contributors to suburbanization

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early 1920s , Thomas Adams coordinated a team of planners that surveyed the New York metropolitan region and produced a report entitled the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs . Adams plan reinforced New York City as the dominant central city of the region , assigned new industry to the periphery , and emphasized improved circulation of people and goods within the region by rail and road , including tunnels bridges , and hundreds of miles or circumferential highways . It was argued that greater efficiency of movement , would preserve Manhattan 's viability for commuters , shoppers and businesses , while simultaneously facilitating the relentless growth of residential communities and industrial satellites in the region

Adam 's scheme accepted the premise of continued metropolitan growth and prevailing trends in development , but it broke new ground in its regional scope planning . Lewis D . says that industrial production was concentrated in the city center before the first World War and only began to move to suburban areas and satellite towns of North America...