Film
What Is The City But The People?
1969 · 50m · Documentary
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Overview
In 1969, The Department of City Planning in New York City developed a new city-wide plan. This documentary, produced and written by John Peer Nugent and narrated by notable urbanist William H. Whyte, was released on public television to provide a behind-the-scenes peek at the planning process. There's a lot that is gone from contemporary New York in this documentary: a gritty Hell's Kitchen, a robust Model Cities program, and acres of slums in Bedford-Stuyvesant. But there's a lot that, for better or worse, is still the same: poverty and prosperity, diversity and wealth, greed and good intentions.
Cast
Crew
- John Peer NugentDirector · Producer · Writer
- Gordon HyattDirector
- Arthur J. OrnitzDirector of Photography
- Henry JavorskyDirector of Photography
- Lee ReichenthalEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1969
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
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