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U.S. #1411
6¢ Globe and City
Anti-Pollution Issue
 
Issue Date: October 28, 1970
City: San Clemente, CA
Quantity: 40,400,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11 x 10 ½
Color: Multicolored
 
This issue of four different stamps, originally printed as a se-tenant, focused attention on the need for pollution control and made it clear that only a massive effort would help in solving the perilous pollution problems in our air, water, soil, and cities.
 

Founding of the American Planning Association

1967 Urban Planning stamp
US #1333 was issued for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ACPI.

The American City Planning Institute (ACPI) was founded on May 7, 1917.  Later becoming the American Planning Association (APA), the organization promotes urban planning – the building or improving of parks, highways, roads, and residential developments.

The early 1900s brought an increased interest in improving American cities and towns.  In 1901, New York passed a tenement law requiring buildings that housed three or more families to improve light, air quality, windows, courtyards, and more.  The following year, Washington, DC adopted the McMillan Plan, to update the nation’s capital with a focus on parks and monuments.  This plan is sometimes considered one of the first examples of the US City Beautiful movement, which encouraged grandeur and beautification in city planning.

1999 Flag and City stamp
US #3278 – Flag and City stamp

In 1902, Cleveland formed the Board of City Planning for Ohio Cities.  While it wasn’t an official city planning commission, it offered improvement suggestions for the city.  In 1907, Hartford, Connecticut, established the first official and permanent city planning commission.  Before this, some cities established commissions, but they were dissolved when the projects were completed.  The following year, New York staged a congestion exhibit, which highlighted the problems caused by overcrowding in the poor areas of the city.  The exhibit toured the country and encouraged many city leaders to start their own commissions on congestion.

In 1909, Harvard became the first school to offer courses in city planning – The Principles of City Planning – through its Landscape Architecture Department.  On May 21 of that year, Benjamin Marsh opened the first National Conference on City Planning.  It brought together some of the nation’s leading urban designers, including Frederick Law Olmsted, John Nolen, and George Ford.

1969 Beautification of America stamps
US #1365-68 was issued for Lady Bird Johnson’s Beautification of America program, encouraging people to take pride in their country to create more beautiful spaces.

In July 1909, Burnham published his Plan of Chicago.  After three years of research on how city growth affected people, his plan proposed new parks, lake improvements, and expanded transportation.  The plan is still influential to city planning today.  In the years to come, other major strides were made in city planning.  In 1916, New York adopted one of the first zoning codes in the US, which split the city into zones based on their main activities and established guidelines for each one.

1970 Save Our Cities stamp
US #1411 – Air pollution is an important consideration for urban planners.

On May 7, 1917, the National Conference on City planning convened again.  This time the attendees founded the American City Planning Institute, with Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. as their first president.  In 1934, another national organization emerged, the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO), which included not just planning consultants, but planning commissioners, city managers, and other public leaders.  The ACPI changed its name to the American Institute of Planners in 1939.

Urban Planning Classic First Day Cover
US #1333 – Classic First Day Cover

In 1978, these two organizations merged to become the American Planning Association.  Their stated mission was “for charitable, educational, literary and scientific purposes to advance the art and science of planning and the activity of planning – physical, economic, and social – at the local, regional, state and national levels.”  The APA also created the American Institute of Certified Planners, to bestow official certification on professional planners.  At the time of its creation, the APA had 13,000 members.  Today it has over 40,000, with about 17,000 of them certified by the AICP.

Discover more on the APA’s website.

 

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U.S. #1411
6¢ Globe and City
Anti-Pollution Issue
 
Issue Date: October 28, 1970
City: San Clemente, CA
Quantity: 40,400,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11 x 10 ½
Color: Multicolored
 
This issue of four different stamps, originally printed as a se-tenant, focused attention on the need for pollution control and made it clear that only a massive effort would help in solving the perilous pollution problems in our air, water, soil, and cities.
 

Founding of the American Planning Association

1967 Urban Planning stamp
US #1333 was issued for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ACPI.

The American City Planning Institute (ACPI) was founded on May 7, 1917.  Later becoming the American Planning Association (APA), the organization promotes urban planning – the building or improving of parks, highways, roads, and residential developments.

The early 1900s brought an increased interest in improving American cities and towns.  In 1901, New York passed a tenement law requiring buildings that housed three or more families to improve light, air quality, windows, courtyards, and more.  The following year, Washington, DC adopted the McMillan Plan, to update the nation’s capital with a focus on parks and monuments.  This plan is sometimes considered one of the first examples of the US City Beautiful movement, which encouraged grandeur and beautification in city planning.

1999 Flag and City stamp
US #3278 – Flag and City stamp

In 1902, Cleveland formed the Board of City Planning for Ohio Cities.  While it wasn’t an official city planning commission, it offered improvement suggestions for the city.  In 1907, Hartford, Connecticut, established the first official and permanent city planning commission.  Before this, some cities established commissions, but they were dissolved when the projects were completed.  The following year, New York staged a congestion exhibit, which highlighted the problems caused by overcrowding in the poor areas of the city.  The exhibit toured the country and encouraged many city leaders to start their own commissions on congestion.

In 1909, Harvard became the first school to offer courses in city planning – The Principles of City Planning – through its Landscape Architecture Department.  On May 21 of that year, Benjamin Marsh opened the first National Conference on City Planning.  It brought together some of the nation’s leading urban designers, including Frederick Law Olmsted, John Nolen, and George Ford.

1969 Beautification of America stamps
US #1365-68 was issued for Lady Bird Johnson’s Beautification of America program, encouraging people to take pride in their country to create more beautiful spaces.

In July 1909, Burnham published his Plan of Chicago.  After three years of research on how city growth affected people, his plan proposed new parks, lake improvements, and expanded transportation.  The plan is still influential to city planning today.  In the years to come, other major strides were made in city planning.  In 1916, New York adopted one of the first zoning codes in the US, which split the city into zones based on their main activities and established guidelines for each one.

1970 Save Our Cities stamp
US #1411 – Air pollution is an important consideration for urban planners.

On May 7, 1917, the National Conference on City planning convened again.  This time the attendees founded the American City Planning Institute, with Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. as their first president.  In 1934, another national organization emerged, the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO), which included not just planning consultants, but planning commissioners, city managers, and other public leaders.  The ACPI changed its name to the American Institute of Planners in 1939.

Urban Planning Classic First Day Cover
US #1333 – Classic First Day Cover

In 1978, these two organizations merged to become the American Planning Association.  Their stated mission was “for charitable, educational, literary and scientific purposes to advance the art and science of planning and the activity of planning – physical, economic, and social – at the local, regional, state and national levels.”  The APA also created the American Institute of Certified Planners, to bestow official certification on professional planners.  At the time of its creation, the APA had 13,000 members.  Today it has over 40,000, with about 17,000 of them certified by the AICP.

Discover more on the APA’s website.