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Episode —  № 347

July 7, 2025

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Giants of Urban Design with Thomas Campanella

We’re sitting down with Thomas Campanella, historian and author of the new book, Designing the American Century: The Public Landscapes of Clarke and Rapuano, 1915–1965. Tune in as we talk about two unsung giants of American landscape and urban design.

Thomas J. Campanella is professor of urban studies and city planning at Cornell University and Historian-in-Residence of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. His books include Brooklyn: The Once and Future City (Princeton), The Concrete Dragon: China’s Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World, and Republic of Shade: New England and the American Elm. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Slate, and The New Yorker.

Learn more: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691266428/designing-the-american-century?srsltid=AfmBOoqwV38SUGgnCDa58_WJDVWG-ocnJ78mEGdnbDuhLMW5yBSzhvw8

 

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Thomas Campanella

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