City Planning in Frankfurt, Germany, 1925-1932 - A Study in Practical Utopianism
John R. Mullin, University of Massachusetts
DATE: January 1997
SOURCE: Journal of Urban History, vol4, no1, pp. 3-28
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ABSTRACT:
Fifty years ago, one of the most remarkable city planning experiments of the twentieth century was undertaken in Frankfurt-am-Main. With unique land use, city planning and management concepts, revolutionary design elements, and a strongly leftist ideological thrust, this experiment had a lasting impact on the evolution of city planning in the western world. While its contribution in a holistic sense has been long recognized, few have attempted to probe the experience in any depth. This article will help eliminate this shortcoming by analyzing the problems, approaches, design application, and implementation of Frankfurt's city planning experience in the 1920s.