Nolen, John, 1869-1937
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Nolen, John, 1869-1937
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Nolen
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John
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1869-1937
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In 1903 Nolen sold his house and used the money to enroll in the newly established Harvard School of Landscape Architecture, under the famed instructors Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Arthur Shurtleff, and B.M. Watson. He received an A.M. in 1905 from Harvard.
He established an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he and his associates branched out into city planning, as well as landscape architecture. Nolen was a frequent lecturer on city and town planning, and was active in many professional organizations, including the American City Planning Institute (now American Institute of Planners), American Civic Association (now Urban America), American Society of Landscape Architects, American Society of Planning Officials, International Garden Cities and Town-Planning Federation, National Conference on City Planning (now Urban America), and the Town Planning Institute of England.
Nolen completed a number of projects in Wisconsin as well as earlier efforts in Virginia, Georgia, and particularly, San Diego, California. His prestige as an innovative urban planner was firmly established. By 1919, Nolen had written two books, edited two others, and published dozens of articles. In 1927, he was elected president of the National Conference on City Planning. Nolen was the official landscape architect to such municipalities as Kingsport Tennessee; Madison, Wisconsin; Asheville, North Carolina; Montclair, New Jersey; Reading, Pennsylvania; Roanoke, Virginia; San Diego, California; New London, Connecticut; Bristol, Connecticut; Savannah, Georgia; and Schenectady, New York.
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City planners
City planning
City planning
City planning
City planning and redevelopment law
Community development, Urban
Highway planning
Housing
Inland water transportation
John Nolen Research Fund
Landscape architects
Landscape architects
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture
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Boston
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Charlotte
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Venice
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Sarasota
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Dubuque
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Clearwater
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Madison
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Spartanburg
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Minnesota
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Riverton
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Clewiston
FL, US
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Reading
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Little Rock
AR, US
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Minnesota--Saint Paul
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Bridgeport
CT, US
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Lancaster
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Dubuque
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Roanoke
VA, US
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Reading
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Mariemont
OH, US
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Roanoke
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Kingsport
TN, US
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La Crosse
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Sacramento
CA, US
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Philadelphia
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Niagara Falls
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Johnson City
TN, US
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Columbus
GA, US
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Cambridge
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San Diego
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