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The Top 100 Urban Thinkers
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Oct 01, 2009 18:10 PDT
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From: Dan Burden <dbur-@aol.com>
To: Hamilton, Andy <Andy.Ha-@sdcounty.ca.gov>
Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 4:40 pm
Subject: Re: Congratulations, Top Urban Thinker #35!
No, Andy, did not see the final list until now. I am pleased to see it, knowing that many of my mentors, starting with Jane are on the list.
Dan Burden, Principal & Senior Urban Designer, Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin
Co-Founder, Walkable Communities, Inc.
614-595-0976
DBur-@aol.com
Www.Walkable.org
On Sep 14, 2009, at 1:21 PM, "Hamilton, Andy" <Andy.Ha-@sdcounty.ca.gov> wrote:
--Dan, Didn't know if you'd seen this yet.
Best,
Andy Hamilton
The poll was active for one month, from August 7th to September 7th, 2009. We would never claim that this is a definitive list; voters were given free reign to submit and vote for whomever they liked. Our only caveat is that we cleared out a couple of submissions that were clearly in jest, such as "Jesus" (although I'm sure someone could make a legitimate argument for his influence on urban planning).
The other significant issue with this list that will surely be raised is the lack of women: only 9 out of the top 100 are female. This is countered somewhat by the impossibly wide lead by which Jane Jacobs takes the top spot. Those women who are included ar e an impressive crew, but of course, their are a significant number of women making=2
0a big difference in urban planning issues that aren't on the list.
The thinkers that are here are a fascinating bunch, ranging from planners of the past like Baron Haussmann, the civic planner that changed the face of Paris in the 19th century, to active thinkers of today like Scott Bernstein, President and Co-Founder of the Center for Neighborhood Technology. And to be honest, there were a handful of names that we didn't know. We hope that you'll also find a lot to chew on in these biographies, and we invite your comments.
As of now, we've only just begun filling in these biographies. Check back for more over the next month, and in another year, we'll start the poll up again and see who makes the cut.
For updates on our next poll, and for all the latest urban planning news, views, and jobs, sign up for the Planetizen Newswire, our twice-weekly news email.
»
Top Urban Thinkers
1
Jane Jacobs
2
Andrés Duany
3
Christopher Alexander
4
Frederick Law Olmsted
5
Kevin A. Lynch
6
Daniel Burnham
7
Lewis Mumford
8
Léon Krier
9
William H. Whyte
10
Jan Gehl
11
Nikos A. Salingaros
12
James Howard Kunstler
13
Ian McHarg
0A
14
Enrique Peñalosa
15
Donald Shoup
16
David Harvey
17
Bill Hillier
18
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AEbenezer Howard
19
Peter Calthorpe
20
Jaime Lerner
21
Pierre-Charles L'Enfant
22
Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann
23
Robert Moses
24
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
25
Camillo Sitte
26
Le Corbusier
27
Scott Bernstein
28
Henri Lefebvre
29
Richard Florida
30
Manuel Castells
31
Bruce Katz
32
Janette Sadik-Khan
33
Robert J. Gibbs
34
Patrick Geddes
35
Dan Burden
36
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
37
Peter Hall
38
James Rouse
39
Kennedy Smith
40
Edmund Bacon
41
Mike Davis
42
Kaid Benfield
43
John Nolen
44
Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer
45
Stefanos Polyzoides
46
Fred Kent
47
Earl Blumenauer
48
Thomas Jefferson
49
Carol Coletta
50
Richard Sennett
51
Edward Glaeser
52
Allan Jacobs
53
Christopher B. Leinberger
54
Frank Lloyd Wright
55
Norman Krumholz
56
Saskia Sassen
57
Donald Appleyard
58
Walter Benjamin
59
Walt Disney
60
Buckminster Fuller
61
James Rojas
62
Henry George
63
Wendell Berry
64
Roberta Brandes Gratz
0A
65
Rem Koolhaas
66
John Gilderbloom
67
Walter Kulash
68
Donovan Rypkema
69
Herbert J. Gans
70
Harvey Molotch
71
Charles, Prince of Wales
72
Jacob Riis
73
Peter M. Haas
74
John Friedman
75
Paul Davidoff
76
Sir Raymond Unwin
77
Richard M. Daley
78
Julienne Hanson
79
Vitruvius
80
Ernest Burgess
81
Richard Rogers
82
Colin Rowe
83
William Penn
84
Emily Talen
85
Guy Debord
86
Myron Orfield
87
Paolo Soleri
88
Anthony Downs
89
Larry R. Ford
90
William McDonough
91
Reid Ewing
92
William Levitt
93
Joel Garreau
94
Paul Crawford
95
Saverio Muratori
96
Timothy Beatley
97
Georg Simmel
98
John Norquist
99
William Fulton
100
Henry Ford
Andy Hamilton
The poll was active for one month, from August 7th to September 7th, 2009. We would never claim that this is a definitive list; voters were given free reign to submit and vote for whomever they liked. Our only caveat is that we cleared out a couple of submissions that20were clearly in jest, such as "Jesus" (although I'm sure someone could make a legitimate argument for his influence on urban planning).
The other significant issue with this list that will surely be raised is the lack of women: only 9 out of the top 100 are female. This is countered somewhat by the impossibly wide lead by which Jane Jacobs takes the top spot. Those women who are included ar e an impressive crew, but of course, their are a significant number of women making a big difference in urban planning issues that aren't on the list.
The thinkers that are here are a fascinating bunch, ranging from planners of the past like Baron Haussmann, the civic planner that changed the face of Paris in the 19th century, to active thinkers of today like Scott Bernstein, President and Co-Founder of the Center for Neighborhood Technology. And to be honest, there were a handful of names that we didn't know. We hope that you'll also find a lot to chew on in these biographies, and we invite your comments.
As of now, we've only just begun filling in these biographies. Check back for more over the next month, and in another year, we'll start the poll up again and see who makes the cut.
For updates on our next poll, and for all the latest urban planning news, views, and jobs, sign up for the Planetizen Newswire, our twice-weekly news email.
»
Top Urban Thinkers
1
Jane Jacobs
2
Andrés Duany
3
Christopher Alexander
4
Frederick Law Olmsted
5
Kevin A. Lynch
6
Daniel Burnham
7
Lewis Mumford
8
Léon Krier
9
William H. Whyte
10
Jan Gehl
11
Nikos A. Salingaros
12
James Howard Kunstler
13
Ian McHarg
0A
14
Enrique Peñalosa
15
Donald Shoup
16
David Harvey
17
Bill Hillier
18
Ebenezer Howard
19
Peter Calthorpe
20
Jaime Lerner
21
Pierre-Charles L'Enfant
22
Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann
23
Robert Moses
24
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
25
Camillo Sitte
26
Le Corbusier
27
Scott Bernstein
28
Henri Lefebvre
29
Richard Florida
30
Manuel Castells
31
Bruce Katz
32
Janette Sadik-Khan
33
Robert J. Gibbs
34
Patrick Geddes
35
Dan Burden
36
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
37
Peter Hall
38
James Rouse
39
Kennedy Smith
40
Edmund Bacon
41
Mike Davis
42
Kaid Benfield
43
John Nolen
44
Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer
45
Stefanos Polyzoides
46
Fred Kent
47
Earl Blumenauer
48
Thomas Jefferson
49
Carol Coletta
0A
50
Richard Sennett
51
Edward Glaeser
52
Allan Jacobs
53
Christopher B. Leinberger
54
Frank Lloyd Wright
55
Norman Krumholz
56
Saskia Sassen
57
Donald Appleyard
58
Walter Benjamin
59
Walt Disney
60
Buckminster Fuller
61
James Rojas
62
Henry George
63
Wendell Berry
64
Roberta Brandes Gratz
0A
65
Rem Koolhaas
66
John Gilderbloom
67
Walter Kulash
68
Donovan Rypkema
69
Herbert J. Gans
70
Harvey Molotch
71
Charles, Prince of Wales
72
Jacob Riis
73
Peter M. Haas
74
John Friedman
75
Paul Davidoff
76
Sir Raymond Unwin
77
Richard M. Daley
78
Julienne Hanson
79
Vitruvius
80
Ernest Burgess
81
Richard Rogers
82
Colin Rowe
83
William Penn
84
Emily Talen
85
Guy Debord
86
Myron Orfield
87
Paolo Soleri
88
Anthony Downs
89
Larry R. Ford
90
William McDonough
91
Reid Ewing
92
William Levitt
93
Joel Garreau
94
Paul Crawford
95
Saverio Muratori
96
Timothy Beatley
97
Georg Simmel
98
John Norquist
99
William Fulton
100
Henry Ford
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