'''Clarence Stein''' (1882-1975) was an American [[architect]] and urban planner who was profoundly influenced by the [[Garden City]] ideals of [[Ebenezer Howard]]. In 1929 Stein and Henry Wright developed a new community at [[Radburn]], [[New Jersey]], based on the then-radical principle of separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, with discrete networks of motor roads and pedestrian footpaths, separated where possible at crossing points by over- and underpasses. The 'Radburn principle', and Stein's further development of the 'superblock' in his development at Sunnyside Gardens in [[New York City]], contributed greatly to [[Clarence Perry]]'s notion of the [[neighborhood unit]] in urban planning - in effect, a cellular development of towns as agglomerations of smaller, village-type units. | '''Clarence Stein''' (1882-1975) was an American [[architect]] and urban planner who was profoundly influenced by the [[Garden City]] ideals of [[Ebenezer Howard]]. In 1929 Stein and Henry Wright developed a new community at [[Radburn]], [[New Jersey]], based on the then-radical principle of separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, with discrete networks of motor roads and pedestrian footpaths, separated where possible at crossing points by over- and underpasses. The 'Radburn principle', and Stein's further development of the 'superblock' in his development at Sunnyside Gardens in [[New York City]], contributed greatly to [[Clarence Perry]]'s notion of the [[neighborhood unit]] in urban planning - in effect, a cellular development of towns as agglomerations of smaller, village-type units. |