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Metropolis: Creator or Destroyer?; Three Cures for a Sick City

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National Educational Television and Radio Center Stoney, George C Kaufman, Paul A

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Episode Number: 8The question of what to do about a sick city is reflected in the rebuilding of Washington, DC, where a three-pronged attack is underway. Its the question of urban renewal. Solutions are seen in the formerly rundown Georgetown area where private initiative has reshaped the area. In the southwest section, low-income, high-rise apartments are being mixed with more expensive homes. At the same time, the viewer sees the Adams-Morgan project where attempts are underway to restore existing structures where designers are trying to minimize displacement of present residents and to preserve natural and historical sites. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) One of the most pressing problems in America today urbanism: the character of the cities and the suburbs is explored in this series of eight half-hour episodes. It is a subject that is as alive as the nations mushrooming population, as vast as its miles of highways, as intricate as its missile centers, and yet, it is as near as the corner store. In short, it is a way of life of the majority of American people. It deals with metropolitan government, the services it provides its citizens; mans working and leisure hours. It is the planning of today and the construction of tomorrow. METROPOLIS -- Creator or Destroyer? tackles todays cities and suburban centers analyzing their usefulness, questioning how they could be made better, and studying the needs and wants of their people. The series includes a look at New York City, bridging the...
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