Prr planned cities

by harryramsdenschips

Have there been any pre planned cities in history that have been accepted as successful. From either scratch or the redevelopment of an existing city. I ask after recently visiting Coventry in the UK. The centre was destroyed during WW2 and rebuilt into what was hoped would be an urban utopia.

Cedric_Hampton

There are many examples of planned cities and reconstructed cities that might be considered “successful”. The problem is historians generally don’t make those sort of judgments.

I take it you see the postwar redevelopment of Coventry as failing to live up to its high hopes. What are the reasons for you thinking that? I can perhaps give an explanation of why certain decisions were made if that would be of interest to you.