Plansevig history

Construction began on the Smithsonian Castle in 1849.

The McMillan Plan later proposed turning these defenses into a system of public parks that are known today as the Fort Circle Parks. It was a place of refuge for many African-Americans, particularly following President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.

As the grandeur of the European vision took root in the United States through the City Beautiful movement, its showpiece became the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, developed in Chicago according to principles set out by American architect Daniel Burnham.

In response, the state legislature enacted a series of height restrictions on residential buildings, culminating in the Tenement House Act of 1901.

The McMillan Plan, released in 1902, made a distinctive imprint on the city's architecture and public spaces, particularly on the National Mall's open greenway, the monumental core of federal buildings, and the comprehensive public park system.

McAneny had been elected Manhattan Borough President in 1909; he was president of the City Club and chairman of its Committee on City Planning.

In 1912, at the urging of the Fifth Avenue Association, whose members were concerned about congestion and declining land values, McAneny submitted a report to the Board of Estimate, formally known as the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, calling for more extensive building controls.

The Committee on City Planning issued its report in 1914 and recommended the creation of a permanent city planning agency.

If, for example, the city had been built out at the density envisioned in 1916, it could have contained over 55 million people, far beyond its realistic capacity.

After trim spaces title : Emergence and Evolution of the Urban Public Open Spaces of Ankara within the Urban Development History: 1923 to Present

In 1926, Mayor James J. Walker appointed a Committee on Plan and Survey to study planning in New York and to draft a bill that would create a planning agency.

Established by the state in 1927, it has authority in both Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.

In 1928 the committee proposed the creation of a City Planning Commission with jurisdiction over the city's physical development.

When Fiorello H. LaGuardia became mayor in 1934, he promised to establish a new planning agency.

A commission to revise the City Charter was formed in 1935, with proposed revisions subject to vote by the electorate, and the mayor had his opportunity.

Public hearings on the proposed new charter began in May, 1936.

Construction of 10 buildings, including the United States Department of Commerce, Internal Revenue Service, United States Department of Justice, and the National Archives, continued through 1938.

The airport opened for passenger service on June 16, 1941.

The report was submitted to the City Planning Commission in October 1950.

Zoning Committee Meeting Minutes, 1959 The Zoning Committee formed by CPC Chairman James Felt and DCP staff met throughout June, July and August 1959 to review the Voorhees report and craft a comprehensive proposal.

Over the past 50 years, the 1961 Zoning Resolution has evolved to reflect new ideas and realities regarding the City’s development.

The I-495 Capital Beltway was completed when its final Maryland segment opened to traffic on August 17, 1964.

The study identifies issues with 1970’s-era development in the area and lays out a future development strategy.

The United States Department of State developed it into a campus for foreign embassies that formally opened in 1972.

The federal Home Rule Act of 1973 designated the District of Columbia's elected mayor as the planner for the District government, a power exercised through the DC Office of Planning.

1975 – Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) created with review by Community Boards at the beginning of the process and review and vote by Board of Estimate (BOE) at the end of the process.

Approved in 1982, the Special Midtown District has been one of the Department’s greatest planning successes, guiding the development of the Midtown area for over 30 years.

Midtown Development Review, 1987 Released five years after the Special Midtown District went into effect, the document reviews the record of achievement in achieving the district’s stated goals.

Grand Central Area: Proposal for a Special Sub-District, 1989 A planning framework proposed in anticipation of future development in the Grand Central Terminal Area to ensure the enhancement of the “functional and aesthetic environment” of the Terminal.

In the 1990's, realizing that great cities can't rest on their laurels and concerned that new memorials and museums were crowding the National Mall, NCPC began planning for the next 50-100 years.

To commemorate this success, this digitized collection includes reports leading to the creation of the District, and also includes studies leading to the development of the Grand Central Subdistrict in 1992.

Congress dissolved the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation in 1996 and delegated responsibility for the avenue to NCPC, the General Services Administration, and the National Park Service.

NCPC is an active participant, and the agency's Legacy Plan and 1999 Washington Waterfronts report sparked interest in a connected, renewed waterfront.

NCPC and the National Capital Regional Planning Council produced the influential Year 2000 Plan, proposing a model for long-term regional growth.

The plan proposed creation of a ‘reserve' or no-build zone, on the Mall, a concept Congress made into law in 2003.

The plan, amended in 2004 to include site-specific solutions and improved guidance to sub-mitting agencies, provided guidance for the design of contextually sensitive physical security features in the city's monumental core.