John Nolen (1869-1937) was a pioneer in the development of
professional town and city planning in the United States. Nolen's
comprehensive approach merged the social, economic, and physical
aspects of planning while emphasizing, in the author's words,
"versatility, special knowledge, and cooperation." Between 1905 and
1937, Nolen's firm, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, completed
more than 350 commissions throughout the United States. Among the
best known of these is Mariemont, Ohio, whose development Nolen
directed from the ground up.Rare and long out of print, New Towns
for Old (1927) is still of great interest to planners and urban
historians. The well-illustrated study contains an overview of the
development of American urbanism and a concise discussion of
Nolen's ideas for the improvement of towns and cities. Individual
chapters examine a variety of towns planned by Nolen including
Mariemont, Ohio; Kingsport, Tennessee; and Kistler, Pennsylvania,
as well as the new suburbs of Union Park Gardens in Wilmington,
Delaware, and Myers Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. The
re-planned towns of Cohasset and Walpole, Massachusetts, are also
featured. The forward-looking final chapter includes material on
Venice, Florida, one of Nolen's most ambitious projects.The new
edition of New Towns for Old contains additional plans and
illustrations, a new index, and a new introductory essay by Charles
D. Warren, which presents biographical and historical context that
illuminates the diverse, productive career of this nationally
significant practitioner. Perhaps most significantly, it features
Nolen's project list, which has never before been published. "Early
in the last century, John Nolen planned model towns, garden
suburbs, and industrial cities, whose refinement and design
excellence remain impressive to this day. In New Towns for Old,
Nolen explained how it was done. Thoughtful, wise, and still
inspirational."--Witold Rybczynski, author of A Clearing in the
Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth
Century "Warren, a New York City-based architect, provides
incredible insights into the evolution of Nolen's career. . . . We
would all benefit from reading this book, especially to brush up on
the planning techniques and to realize Nolen's achievements in
civic improvement."--New Urban Review
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