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Charles Stimson Bullitt (1919 - 2009)

Bullitt, Stimson (1919-2009) Stimson Bullitt climbed mountains and rock faces, helped transform Seattle’s rundown 1st Avenue, served a decade as King Broadcasting Co. president, was a skilled appellate...

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3/15/2007
12/30/2023
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Charles Stimson Bullitt (1919 - 2009)

Bullitt, Stimson (1919-2009) Stimson Bullitt climbed mountains and rock faces, helped transform Seattle’s rundown 1st Avenue, served a decade as King Broadcasting Co. president, was a skilled appellate...

12/30/2023

Jay Mortimer Burden (born 1944) is the director of the New York City Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission.She is a proponent of revitalizing Lower Manhattan, improving ...

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8/8/2013
12/29/2023
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8/8/2013

Jay Mortimer Burden (born 1944) is the director of the New York City Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission.She is a proponent of revitalizing Lower Manhattan, improving ...

12/29/2023

Margarita McCoy (1923 - 2016)

[ ]May 25, 1923 - March 31, 2016 Margarita Piel McCoy, the distinguished urban planner who was the first woman to chair a university department of urban planning in the United States and the daughter o...

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1/25/2011
12/19/2023
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1/25/2011

Margarita McCoy (1923 - 2016)

[ ]May 25, 1923 - March 31, 2016 Margarita Piel McCoy, the distinguished urban planner who was the first woman to chair a university department of urban planning in the United States and the daughter o...

12/19/2023

Duane Hagadone (1939 - 2021)

Duane Burl Hagadone (September 3, 1932 – April 24, 2021) was an American newspaper publisher, urban planner, real estate and land developer. Hagadone is known as the founder of the Coeur d'Alene Res...

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11/29/2023
11/29/2023
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11/29/2023

Duane Hagadone (1939 - 2021)

Duane Burl Hagadone (September 3, 1932 – April 24, 2021) was an American newspaper publisher, urban planner, real estate and land developer. Hagadone is known as the founder of the Coeur d'Alene Res...

11/29/2023

Christopher Arthur Coney Tunnard MP (1910 - 1979)

"Christopher", "Chris"

Christopher Tunnard was a Canadian-American landscape architect, garden designer, city-planner, and author of Gardens in the Modern Landscape (1938). Sources David Jacques, Jan Woudstra, Land...

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8/11/2014
7/1/2023
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8/11/2014

Christopher Arthur Coney Tunnard MP (1910 - 1979)

"Christopher", "Chris"

Christopher Tunnard was a Canadian-American landscape architect, garden designer, city-planner, and author of Gardens in the Modern Landscape (1938). Sources David Jacques, Jan Woudstra, Land...

7/1/2023

George E. Kessler (1862 - 1923)

George E. Kessler, pioneer city planner and landscape architect, was born in Frankenhausen, Germany, in 1862 and in 1865 was taken to Dallas, Texas, by his widowed mother, who taught French and art to ...

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2/6/2023
2/6/2023
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2/6/2023

George E. Kessler (1862 - 1923)

George E. Kessler, pioneer city planner and landscape architect, was born in Frankenhausen, Germany, in 1862 and in 1865 was taken to Dallas, Texas, by his widowed mother, who taught French and art to ...

2/6/2023

Richard Stewart Colley (1910 - 1983)

Richard Stewart Colley, architect and city planner, son of Richard Bertram and Irene (Stewart) Colley, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 18, 1910. Soon afterward his family moved to Yoakum, where ...

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3/4/2022
3/4/2022
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3/4/2022

Richard Stewart Colley (1910 - 1983)

Richard Stewart Colley, architect and city planner, son of Richard Bertram and Irene (Stewart) Colley, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 18, 1910. Soon afterward his family moved to Yoakum, where ...

3/4/2022

Richard King Mellon MP (1899 - 1970)

King Mellon (June 19, 1899 – June 3, 1970), commonly known as R.K., was an American financier from Ligonier, Pennsylvania.BiographyThe son of Richard B. Mellon, nephew of Andrew W. Mellon, and grandson...

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5/29/2007
7/14/2021
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5/29/2007

Richard King Mellon MP (1899 - 1970)

King Mellon (June 19, 1899 – June 3, 1970), commonly known as R.K., was an American financier from Ligonier, Pennsylvania.BiographyThe son of Richard B. Mellon, nephew of Andrew W. Mellon, and grandson...

7/14/2021

Carl T. Jones (1908 - 1967)

Carl T. Jones was a prominent local citizen and civil engineer. From an early Madison County pioneering family, he deeply cared about Huntsville, Alabama and the future of the city. He was involved in ...

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6/21/2021
6/21/2021
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Carl T. Jones (1908 - 1967)

Carl T. Jones was a prominent local citizen and civil engineer. From an early Madison County pioneering family, he deeply cared about Huntsville, Alabama and the future of the city. He was involved in ...

6/21/2021

Dr. Donald Appleyard (1928 - 1982)

Sidney Appleyard (July 26, 1928 – September 23, 1982) was an English-American urban designer and theorist, teaching at the University of California, Berkeley.Born in England, Appleyard studied first ar...

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9/5/2018
6/7/2021
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9/5/2018

Dr. Donald Appleyard (1928 - 1982)

Sidney Appleyard (July 26, 1928 – September 23, 1982) was an English-American urban designer and theorist, teaching at the University of California, Berkeley.Born in England, Appleyard studied first ar...

6/7/2021

Cecil Abraham Alexander, Jr. MP (1918 - 2013)

Atlanta architect and civic leader. Active participant in the civic and political life of Atlanta during the 1950s. He was appointed by Mayor William B. Hartsfield to chair the Citizen's Advisory Commi...

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1/7/2009
10/15/2020
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1/7/2009

Cecil Abraham Alexander, Jr. MP (1918 - 2013)

Atlanta architect and civic leader. Active participant in the civic and political life of Atlanta during the 1950s. He was appointed by Mayor William B. Hartsfield to chair the Citizen's Advisory Commi...

10/15/2020

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Eliot was the grandson of his namesake Charles William Eliot, president of Harvard University, and nephew of renowned landscape architect Charles Eliot. Eliot graduate...

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12/30/2008
1/4/2020
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12/30/2008

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Eliot was the grandson of his namesake Charles William Eliot, president of Harvard University, and nephew of renowned landscape architect Charles Eliot. Eliot graduate...

1/4/2020

"Andrew Haswell Green (1820 - November 13, 1903) was a New York lawyer, city planner, civic leader and agitator for reform. Called by some historians a hundred years later "the 19th century Robert Mose...

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6/23/2011
1/27/2018
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"Andrew Haswell Green (1820 - November 13, 1903) was a New York lawyer, city planner, civic leader and agitator for reform. Called by some historians a hundred years later "the 19th century Robert Mose...

1/27/2018

George Mortimer Pullman MP (1831 - 1897)

Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking workers i...

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3/11/2009
8/13/2015
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George Mortimer Pullman MP (1831 - 1897)

Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking workers i...

8/13/2015

Walt Disney MP (1901 - 1966)

"Micky Mouse's Father", "Walt", "Uncle Walt"

Father Elias Disney born 1859 died 1941 Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist...

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4/24/2007
8/13/2015
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4/24/2007

Walt Disney MP (1901 - 1966)

"Micky Mouse's Father", "Walt", "Uncle Walt"

Father Elias Disney born 1859 died 1941 Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist...

8/13/2015

James Wilson Rouse MP (1914 - 1996)

"Jim"

James Wilson Rouse was the founder of The Rouse Company, a pioneering American real estate developer, urban planner, civic activist, and later, free enterprise-based philanthropist. He is the maternal ...

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8/13/2015
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James Wilson Rouse MP (1914 - 1996)

"Jim"

James Wilson Rouse was the founder of The Rouse Company, a pioneering American real estate developer, urban planner, civic activist, and later, free enterprise-based philanthropist. He is the maternal ...

8/13/2015

Edmund Norwood Bacon MP (1910 - 2005)

Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was a noted American urban planner, architect, educator and author. During his tenure as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commissi...

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6/24/2009
8/13/2015
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Edmund Norwood Bacon MP (1910 - 2005)

Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was a noted American urban planner, architect, educator and author. During his tenure as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commissi...

8/13/2015

Robert Moses MP (1888 - 1981)

Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, New York. As the shaper of a modern city, he ...

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12/19/2014
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Robert Moses MP (1888 - 1981)

Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, New York. As the shaper of a modern city, he ...

8/13/2015

Frank Lloyd Wright MP (1867 - 1959)

"Frank Lincoln /Wright/", "Frank Lincoln Wright"

Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright) was an influential American architect most notable for pioneering the prairie style house and designing the Guggenheim Museum in New York. In addition to ...

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8/14/2007
8/13/2015
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Frank Lloyd Wright MP (1867 - 1959)

"Frank Lincoln /Wright/", "Frank Lincoln Wright"

Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright) was an influential American architect most notable for pioneering the prairie style house and designing the Guggenheim Museum in New York. In addition to ...

8/13/2015

Walter Burley Griffin MP (1876 - 1937)

Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 – February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He is known for designing Canberra, Australia's capital city. He has been credited with the dev...

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4/20/2010
8/13/2015
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Walter Burley Griffin MP (1876 - 1937)

Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 – February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He is known for designing Canberra, Australia's capital city. He has been credited with the dev...

8/13/2015