
Six-part series tracing the origins of the city, its transformations and prospects, based on Lewis Mumford's book The City in History. Aired by CBC in their Explorations strand.
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Air Date: 1963-05-22
Outlines the opposed natures — creative and destructive — of the city throughout history, focusing on the elements th...
Air Date: 1963-05-29
A study of an old but still-growing problem: how to ensure the city is accessible to all without allowing cars to mak...
Air Date: 1963-06-05
Explores the tension and mutual dependence of urban and rural areas. How can sprawling metropolitan regions maintain ...
Air Date: 1963-06-12
A study of the growing sterility, dullness and congestion that is destroying the vitality, variety and human scale th...
Air Date: 1963-06-19
Contrasts the squalor of the working poor with the relative safety and security of the wealthy, asking what can be do...
Air Date: 1963-06-26
An outline of the prospects for the city and some suggestions to restore its role as the focus of man's highest achie...