Clarence S. Stein (1882ndash;1975) was an architect; housing visionary; regionalist; policymaker; and colleague of some of the most influential public figures of the early to mid-twentieth century; including Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye. Kristin E. Larsens biography of Stein comprehensively examines his built and unbuilt projects and his intellectual legacy as a proponent of the "garden city" for a modern age. This examination of Steinrsquo;s life and legacy focuses on four critical themes: his collaborative ethic in envisioning policy; design; and development solutions; promotion and implementation of ldquo;investment housing;rdquo; his revolutionary approach to community design; as epitomized in the Radburn Idea; and his advocacy of communitarian regionalism. His cutting-edge projects such as Sunnyside Gardens in New York City; Baldwin Hills Village in Los Angeles; and Radburn; New Jersey; his ldquo;town for the motor age;rdquo; continue to inspire community designers and planners in the United States and around the world.Stein was among the first architects to integrate new design solutions and support facilities into large-scale projects intended primarily to house working-class people; and he was a cofounder of the Regional Planning Association of America. As a planner; designer; and; at times; financier of new housing developments; Stein wrestled with the challenges of creating what today we would term ldquo;livable;rdquo; ldquo;walkable;rdquo; and ldquo;greenrdquo; communities during the ascendency of the automobile. He managed these challenges by partnering private capital with government funding; as well as by collaborating with colleagues in planning; architecture; real estate; and politics.
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