Lorne Platt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3758298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorne Platt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorne |
| FAMILY NAME | Platt |
| SIGNATURE | PLATT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University System |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7528-9599 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Building Dodger Stadium
In the mid twentieth century, a time in which modernist principles of planning and design were influential, the Brooklyn Dodgers sought a new stadium in Southern California. Increased emphasis on an auto-dominant built form aligned with the construction of freeways that would provide access for the growing suburban fan base. In addition, finding a site in an ever-expanding metropolitan region with topographic variability, required significant eng…
Cultivating learning among the gardens of Irvine
This paper places William Pereira’s designs for the campus of UC Irvine within the context of Post-World War II development in Southern California. Using Leo Marx’s Machine in the Garden as well as Ebenezer Howard’s Garden Cities, Pereira’s work is evaluated for its ability to blend nature and artifice through his integration of landscape and architecture. Irvine is considered relative to existing planning ideologies of this era, including the de…
Pastoralism, nature and golf
Dr Alister MacKenzie designed golf courses throughout Europe and the United States in the early twentieth century. As one of the sports early ‘golf architects,’ MacKenzie brought a particularly vivid interpretation of nature to his course designs. Using his writings, along with maps, diagrams and plans, this analysis focuses on his work at two courses along Monterey Bay: Cypress Point and Pasatiempo. Cypress Point represents MacKenzie’s view of n…
Skateboarder and scooter-rider perceptions of the urban environment
Personal Mobility Devices such as skateboards and scooters are increasingly considered a form of active transportation in dense urban environments. Understanding the experience of users is paramount, especially for cities intent on implementing efficient policies that promote sustainable futures. To meet this need, the research examined the dynamic relationships between the built environment and PMD users in Los Angeles, California. The data used…
Rhythms of urban space
This paper examines the ways in which pioneering skateboarders in Southern California reacted to, and exploited a capital-intensive urban landscape to create a sport that today has tremendous economic, political, and cultural implications. The analysis focuses on archival material drawn from Skateboarder Magazine from 1975 to 1980. Ultimately, the skateboarders and those who documented their emerging sport express deep awareness and understanding…
Touring the West with Leaping Lena, 1925
Touring the West with Leaping Lena is a personal account of travels across the states of the Western US in the 1920s. The narrative of W. C. Clark who, along with his wife and daughter travelled al
The London Square
THE LONDON SQUARE: Gardens in the Midst of Town. By TODD LONGSTAFFE--GOWAN. 348 pp.; maps, ills., bibliog., index. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2012. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780300152012. Todd Longstaffe-Gowan has assembled a visually striking work with in-depth historical, geographical, and landscape analyses in The London Square. The subject (the square) is examined as a fundamental element of London itself, and through this particula…
Planning Ideology and Geographic Thought in the Early Twentieth Century
As Milwaukee’s chief park planner in the early to mid-twentieth century, Charles Whitnall responded to the various underlying ideologies of the period within which he worked. His preference for parks was a political and physical response to and remedy for the industrialized and heavily congested city he called home. By examining the Progressive Era discourse associated with planning, this article situates Whitnall’s work within the political, aes…
American Babylon
(2005). American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland. Robert O. Self; Plazas and Barrios: Heritage Tourism and Globalization in the Latin American Centro Historico. Joseph L. Scarpaci; Unlocking the Census with GIS. Alan Peters and Heather MacDonald; Building San Francisco's Parks (1850-1930). Terence Young; Imaging the City: Continuing Struggles and New Directions. Lawrence J. Vale and Sam Bass Warner, eds.. Urban Geography: Vol. …
Rhythms of urban space
This paper examines the ways in which pioneering skateboarders in Southern California reacted to, and exploited a capital-intensive urban landscape to create a sport that today has tremendous economic, political, and cultural implications. The analysis focuses on archival material drawn from Skateboarder Magazine from 1975 to 1980. Ultimately, the skateboarders and those who documented their emerging sport express deep awareness and understanding…
Skateboarder and scooter-rider perceptions of the urban environment
Personal Mobility Devices such as skateboards and scooters are increasingly considered a form of active transportation in dense urban environments. Understanding the experience of users is paramount, especially for cities intent on implementing efficient policies that promote sustainable futures. To meet this need, the research examined the dynamic relationships between the built environment and PMD users in Los Angeles, California. The data used…
Planning Ideology and Geographic Thought in the Early Twentieth Century
As Milwaukee’s chief park planner in the early to mid-twentieth century, Charles Whitnall responded to the various underlying ideologies of the period within which he worked. His preference for parks was a political and physical response to and remedy for the industrialized and heavily congested city he called home. By examining the Progressive Era discourse associated with planning, this article situates Whitnall’s work within the political, aes…
American Babylon
(2005). American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland. Robert O. Self; Plazas and Barrios: Heritage Tourism and Globalization in the Latin American Centro Historico. Joseph L. Scarpaci; Unlocking the Census with GIS. Alan Peters and Heather MacDonald; Building San Francisco's Parks (1850-1930). Terence Young; Imaging the City: Continuing Struggles and New Directions. Lawrence J. Vale and Sam Bass Warner, eds.. Urban Geography: Vol. …
Planning Ideology and Geographic Thought in the Early Twentieth Century
As Milwaukee’s chief park planner in the early to mid-twentieth century, Charles Whitnall responded to the various underlying ideologies of the period within which he worked. His preference for parks was a political and physical response to and remedy for the industrialized and heavily congested city he called home. By examining the Progressive Era discourse associated with planning, this article situates Whitnall’s work within the political, aes…
The London Square
THE LONDON SQUARE: Gardens in the Midst of Town. By TODD LONGSTAFFE--GOWAN. 348 pp.; maps, ills., bibliog., index. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2012. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780300152012. Todd Longstaffe-Gowan has assembled a visually striking work with in-depth historical, geographical, and landscape analyses in The London Square. The subject (the square) is examined as a fundamental element of London itself, and through this particula…
Touring the West with Leaping Lena, 1925
Touring the West with Leaping Lena is a personal account of travels across the states of the Western US in the 1920s. The narrative of W. C. Clark who, along with his wife and daughter travelled al
Rhythms of urban space
This paper examines the ways in which pioneering skateboarders in Southern California reacted to, and exploited a capital-intensive urban landscape to create a sport that today has tremendous economic, political, and cultural implications. The analysis focuses on archival material drawn from Skateboarder Magazine from 1975 to 1980. Ultimately, the skateboarders and those who documented their emerging sport express deep awareness and understanding…
Skateboarder and scooter-rider perceptions of the urban environment
Personal Mobility Devices such as skateboards and scooters are increasingly considered a form of active transportation in dense urban environments. Understanding the experience of users is paramount, especially for cities intent on implementing efficient policies that promote sustainable futures. To meet this need, the research examined the dynamic relationships between the built environment and PMD users in Los Angeles, California. The data used…
Pastoralism, nature and golf
Dr Alister MacKenzie designed golf courses throughout Europe and the United States in the early twentieth century. As one of the sports early ‘golf architects,’ MacKenzie brought a particularly vivid interpretation of nature to his course designs. Using his writings, along with maps, diagrams and plans, this analysis focuses on his work at two courses along Monterey Bay: Cypress Point and Pasatiempo. Cypress Point represents MacKenzie’s view of n…
Cultivating learning among the gardens of Irvine
This paper places William Pereira’s designs for the campus of UC Irvine within the context of Post-World War II development in Southern California. Using Leo Marx’s Machine in the Garden as well as Ebenezer Howard’s Garden Cities, Pereira’s work is evaluated for its ability to blend nature and artifice through his integration of landscape and architecture. Irvine is considered relative to existing planning ideologies of this era, including the de…
Building Dodger Stadium
In the mid twentieth century, a time in which modernist principles of planning and design were influential, the Brooklyn Dodgers sought a new stadium in Southern California. Increased emphasis on an auto-dominant built form aligned with the construction of freeways that would provide access for the growing suburban fan base. In addition, finding a site in an ever-expanding metropolitan region with topographic variability, required significant eng…
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