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Hommann, Mary Shannon was born on November 2, 1922 in White Plains, New York, United States. Daughter of Charles Chauncey Junior and Elsie Waldron (Smith) Hommann.
( This sure-to-be-controversial work examines the failure...)
This sure-to-be-controversial work examines the failure of city planning in America, the results of that failure as seen in the day-to-day lives of our cities, and the reasons behind that failure. Hommann contends that, although desperately needed, by and large city planning has no effect on urban development in this country where developers are supreme. For the most part, local planners must deal with a daily fiction regarding their involvement in developmental decisions, a fiction that ultimately drives many into alternate pursuits. After tracing the history of American development and planning, the author argues that greed settled this country and continues to control economic and developmental decisions, accompanied in this century by criminal conspiracy. The result is the civic deprivation that debilitates millions of Americans culturally, socially, and economically. This study will be of interest to scholars, students, and professionals in planning, urban studies, architecture, public administration, sociology, political science, housing, civil engineering, traffic engineering, transportation planning, city management, and environment; legislators, local politicians, civic leaders, lawyers dealing in public policy and land development, as well as enlightened citizens from the business world.
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Hommann, Mary Shannon was born on November 2, 1922 in White Plains, New York, United States. Daughter of Charles Chauncey Junior and Elsie Waldron (Smith) Hommann.
Bachelor, New School Society Research, 1952; Master in City Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 1956.
Research planner, Westchester County Department Planning, White Plains, 1951-1954; planner, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authory, 1956-1958; director Wooster Square urban renewal project, New Haven (Connecticut) Redevelopment Agency, 1958-1965; principal, Hommann Associations, New York City, 1965-1971; assistant professor, assistant chair department city and regional planning, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1965-1971; development planning director, Yonkers (New York) Department Development, 1972-1976; planning director, City of Long Beach, New York, 1976-1977; community development, environmental and rehabilitation specialist, United States Housing and Urban Development, Newark, 1978-1984; city planning writer and consultant, New York City, since 1985.
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( This sure-to-be-controversial work examines the failure...)
Member American Institute Certified Planners, American Planning Association.