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The late city planner Alexander Garvin used to tell his students at Yale about the genius of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Central Park Mall.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

“It’s staggering and heartbreaking — I don’t know any other way to put it,” said Ken Bernstein, principal city planner at Los Angeles City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

When Joe Seaman-Graves, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

When Joe Seaman, the city planner for the working class town of Cohoes, New York, Googled the term “floating solar,” he didn’t even know it was a thing.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

The great square showed plainly that some architect or city planner with a love of classic lines had been in charge here.

From Man of Many Minds by Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett)