Architecture and Environmental Design Faculty Publications
Title
Toledo Tomorrow: Reading Norman Bel Geddes' Vision for the Future in a Shrinking Midwestern City
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper examines Norman Bel Geddes’ 1945 Toledo Tomorrow plan, his only proposal for a specific city, and its stamp on the morphology of today's Toledo. The paper surveys retrospectively at the changes in the morphology of the city and critically analyzes the impact of the Toledo Tomorrow Plan. Today's Toledo, a shrinking rustbelt city, reflects Geddes' legacy of neglecting the historic core; focusing on highway infrastructure, that has since worked in tandem with the forces of decentralization and suburbanization; and the city's weak relationship with its natural features and larger region.
Copyright Statement
Post-print
Repository Citation
Shetty, Sujata and Luescher, Andreas, "Toledo Tomorrow: Reading Norman Bel Geddes' Vision for the Future in a Shrinking Midwestern City" (2016). Architecture and Environmental Design Faculty Publications. 21.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/architecture_pub/21
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Journal of Urban Design
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2015.1133227
Start Page No.
177
End Page No.
194