Lewis Mumford on The City

Miniseries

6 episodes · May 22, 1963

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  • The City: Heaven and Hell
    S1E1

    The City: Heaven and Hell

    May 22, 196329m

    Outlines the opposed natures — creative and destructive — of the city throughout history, focusing on the elements that created the first cities about 5000 years ago and the forces that now threaten our "most precious collective invention."

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  • The City: Cars or People?
    S1E2

    The City: Cars or People?

    May 29, 196329m

    A study of an old but still-growing problem: how to ensure the city is accessible to all without allowing cars to make it congested and uninhabitable.

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  • The City and Its Region
    S1E3

    The City and Its Region

    Jun 5, 196328m

    Explores the tension and mutual dependence of urban and rural areas. How can sprawling metropolitan regions maintain or restore the balance?

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  • The Heart of the City
    S1E4

    The Heart of the City

    Jun 12, 196329m

    A study of the growing sterility, dullness and congestion that is destroying the vitality, variety and human scale that once made cities physically attractive and humanly creative.

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  • The City as Man's Home
    S1E5

    The City as Man's Home

    Jun 19, 196328m

    Contrasts the squalor of the working poor with the relative safety and security of the wealthy, asking what can be done to address "the spirit of social hopelessness" that thrives in the overcrowded slums where cities' poorest residents live.

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  • The City and the Future
    S1E6

    The City and the Future

    Jun 26, 196329m

    An outline of the prospects for the city and some suggestions to restore its role as the focus of man's highest achievements.

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