Urban planning maps of Lansing (Mich.), 1936-1937.

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Urban planning maps of Lansing (Mich.), 1936-1937.

Record group RG 80-12 consists of urban planning maps of the city of Lansing, Michigan for the years 1936-1937. These maps were submitted by Harland Bartholomew & Associates to the City Planning Commission. The maps document the architect's futuristic vision of Lansing, which was conceived and drawn during the 1920's. See detailed lists in Argus, numbers 14692-14699, 14702-14720.

19 map case folders (4 cu. ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7807460

State Archive of Michigan

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Harland Bartholomew & associates

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Known as the dean of U.S. city planners, Harland Bartholomew (1889-1989) was considered the greatest authority on municipal planning in the mid-twentieth century. Born in Stoneham, Massachusetts in 1889, Bartholomew became City Planning Commissioner of St. Louis in 1919, the first full-time planner employed by an American city. That year he established Harland Bartholomew and Associates, a city planning consulting firm, serving as its chairman until his retirement in 1962. Bartholomew died Decem...

Lansing (Mich.). City Planning Commssion.

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