Two Cities: Planning in North and South America
New York: MOMA, 1947. Catalog for an early MOMA exhibition on modern city planning in Brazil and Chicago. The Brazilian project, a new city called Cidade dos Motores, built on “reclaimed” land, is designed by Paul Lester Weiner and José Luis Sert. In Chicago the Michael Reese Hospital will build a new medical campus as part of a project to rebuild seven square miles of "South Side slums." Fortunately the Chicago Housing Authority is involved and the prediction is for a complete and total success. First edition. 4to; 19 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in original wrappers. Item #012285
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