CITY ON THE VERGE

[...]its full and proper name is the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways. According to Peter Norton, a history professor at the University of Virginia and author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, the term gained prominence thanks to the e...

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Published inD (Dallas. 1978) Vol. 41; no. 5; p. 52
Main Author Lockwood, Ian
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dallas D Magazine 01.05.2014
Subjects
Airports
Concrete
Dentists
Highway construction
Inner city
Modernism
Roads & highways
Traffic congestion
Transportation planning
Trucking industry
Urban planning
Dallas Texas
United States > US
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Summary:[...]its full and proper name is the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways. According to Peter Norton, a history professor at the University of Virginia and author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, the term gained prominence thanks to the efforts of auto manufacturers. [...]America's cities used to have wonderful downtown arterials that were home to theaters, shopping, department stores, dense housing, and civic buildings.
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ISSN:0164-8292