Report on a City Plan for the Municipalities of Oakland & Berkeley
Published under the auspices of the Municipal Governments of Oakland and Berkeley, the Supervisors of Alameda County, the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club of Oakland, the Civic Art Commission of the City of Berkeley, the City Club of Berkeley, 1915.
First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 156, ix, maps, plans, illustrations. Original printed wrappers, chipped at spine ends, light handling wear. Binding sound, text clean. A leading international authority on urban planning, Hegemann (1881-1936) was a German city planner, architecture critic, and author. He was hired by Oakland and Berkeley in 1913 to provide suggestions on strategies for development during a time of rapid population growth and industrial expansion. His detailed report made recommendations about transportation, streets, port facilities, parks and recreation, and civic centers and "signaled the emergence of the new profession of city planning and the idea that civic beautification was not only a good thing, but it was also a prerequisite to create a strong reputation among cities. The report makes the forceful argument that cities could direct the course of their own growth instead of allowing it to occur haphazardly" (The Urbanist, February 2015).
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