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From Urban Frontier To Metropolitan Region: Oregon's Cities From 1870 To 2008, Carl Abbott
From Urban Frontier To Metropolitan Region: Oregon's Cities From 1870 To 2008, Carl Abbott
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
Presentation and paper from 2008 "Toward One Oregon" Conference. A revised version of this presentation was published in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, 110(1), 74-95.
From Urban Frontier To Metropolitan Region: Oregon's Cities From 1870 To 2008, Carl Abbott
From Urban Frontier To Metropolitan Region: Oregon's Cities From 1870 To 2008, Carl Abbott
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
An essay is presented which compares the development of Portland, Oregon, to the growth of other cities in the state. Particular focus is given to its economic stability and political influence. The changing relationship with Oregon's population, economics and cultural relations in the different parts of the state is examined. In addition, the urban-systems approach shows three equal periods in the state's development with close-in neighbors in modern economic geography.
Greater Portland: Experiments With Professional Planning, 1905-1925, Carl Abbott
Greater Portland: Experiments With Professional Planning, 1905-1925, Carl Abbott
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
Portland, Oregon grew so rapidly in population and wealth between 1905 and 1912 that the city's business leadership called for a systematic plan for future urban growth. The City Improvement League accepted the architectural recommendations of Edward H. Bennett to develop outward from the city's center through a series of government buildings, neighborhood parks, and parkways. Unfortunately, the local economic boom collapsed in 1912 and ended any chances of implementing Bennett's plan. Six years later, prosperity returned and a new architectural proposal by Charles Cheney gained acceptance, only to be subverted by the post-World War I economic slump.