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  • POP Quiz #1

    POP Quiz #1
    Jan 9 2026

    Welcome to VERY UNofficial PLUS. I'm not crazy, so we're keeping this one open for everyone so you can see what the PLUS is all about. We're covering three practice test questions from the AICP exam, so buckle up!
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    22 min
  • An Empire Region of Planning

    An Empire Region of Planning
    Jan 6 2026

    Sometimes, New York really can feel like the heart of it all. Well, in this episode we'll talk a little bit about the Regional Plan of New York and its Environs, and two other related planning landmarks, Robert Murray Haig's "Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement, and Clarence Perry's "Neighborhood Unit."


    Robert Murray Haig’s Major Economic Factors in Metropolitan Growth and Arrangement (1927):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Haig

    https://www.planning.org/library/greatbooks/decade2.htm

    https://propertymetrics.com/blog/economic-base-analysis/#:~:text=Economic%20base%20analysis%20was%20developed,activities%20and%20non%2Dbasic%20activities

    Clarence Perry’s Neighborhood Unit (1929):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Perry

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood_unit

    Regional Survey of New York and Its Environs:

    https://rpa.org/work/reports/regional-plan-of-new-york-and-its-environs

    https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/RPA-Plan1-v1-Regional-Plan-of-New-York-and-Its-Environs.pdf
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    30 min
  • Introducing: VERY UNofficial PLUS

    Introducing: VERY UNofficial PLUS
    Dec 31 2025

    Well, we're back it again, and THIS time, we're better than ever. We'll be picking up where left off LONG ago, but we have a few extra tricks up our sleeves too.
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    4 min
  • Episode 38: Enter Engineers

    Episode 38: Enter Engineers
    Feb 11 2025
    Well, it feels good to be back! That was quite the little break I took, but I’m jumping back in. This week, kicking off with a few topics for some house cleaning. We’ll take a look at Nelson P. Lewis’s Book, “Planning of the Modern City” and the 1925 Survey Graphic issue on regional planning. Nelson P. Lewis “Planning of the Modern City”: https://www.planning.org/library/greatbooks/decade1.htm https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/212701 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/44...
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    19 min
  • Episode 37: Booked on Planning

    Episode 37: Booked on Planning
    Dec 9 2021
    We're taking a short break to let you know about a new planning podcast coming your way. Booked on Planning is a podcast that goes deep into the planning books that have helped shape the world of community and regional planning. Stephanie Rouse, AICP - Professional Development Office of the Nebraska APA and host of the upcoming podcast - joins to talk about how the podcast came to be, what it's all about, and how it can help out AICP hopefuls and planning veterans alike. Bo...
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    18 min
  • Episode 36: Dust Control

    Episode 36: Dust Control
    Oct 30 2021
    In the 1930’s, the U.S. was taking conservation seriously. We put together a massive regional authority to handle conservation and energy issues in the Tennessee Valley, but we also attacked the growing issue called the Dust Bowl with two major Acts: The Taylor Grazing Act and the Soil Conservation Act. The Tennessee Valley Authority: https://www.tva.com/About-TVA/Our-History https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/history-of-the-tva The Taylor Grazing Act: T...
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    15 min
  • Episode 35: A Rose by Any Other Name

    Episode 35: A Rose by Any Other Name
    Oct 19 2021
    FDR and National Planning seem to go hand-in-hand. Because they do. Literally. Planning on a national level spanned almost the exact same time frame as FDR’s Presidency, and FDR just wouldn’t like it go away; bringing it back under name after name after name. Both Started in 1933, and National Planning died in 1943, two years before FDR. This one’s all about the blip on the planning radar called, National Planning. The National Planning Board: https://www.encycl...
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    20 min
  • Episode 34: 100 Days

    Episode 34: 100 Days
    Oct 6 2021
    I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in the crusade to restore America to its own people. -FDR, July 2nd, 1932 FDR Inauguration and the New Deal Pitch: http://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/seehowtheyran/portfolios/193...
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    24 min
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