Metropolis: Creator or Destroyer?; Three Cures for a Sick City

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Title:
Metropolis: Creator or Destroyer?; Three Cures for a Sick City
Description:
The question of what to do about a sick city is reflected in the rebuilding of Washington, DC, where a three-pronged attack is underway. Its the question of urban renewal. Solutions are seen in the formerly rundown Georgetown area where private initiative has reshaped the area. In the southwest section, low-income, high-rise apartments are being mixed with more expensive homes. At the same time, the viewer sees the Adams-Morgan project where attempts are underway to restore existing structures where designers are trying to minimize displacement of present residents and to preserve natural and historical sites. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) One of the most pressing problems in America today urbanism: the character of the cities and the suburbs is explored in this series of eight half-hour episodes. It is a subject that is as alive as the nations mushrooming population, as vast as its miles of highways, as intricate as its missile centers, and yet, it is as near as the corner store. In short, it is a way of life of the majority of American people. It deals with metropolitan government, the services it provides its citizens; mans working and leisure hours. It is the planning of today and the construction of tomorrow. METROPOLIS -- Creator or Destroyer? tackles todays cities and suburban centers analyzing their usefulness, questioning how they could be made better, and studying the needs and wants of their people. The series includes a look at New York City, bridging the gamut of its tenements to its concrete canyons; it explores the plight of race relations in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. The shift to the suburbs and its ensuing problems are seen outside of Chicago. While a city rises out of the California dust, buildings are being torn down in the East to make way for slum-clearance projects each seeking a solution to urban living. The philosophies of urban renewal are seen in Washington, DC, and the neighborhood concept of living is looked at in New York City. A 1964 National Educational Television production, METROPOLIS Creator or Destroyer? was produced for NET by George C. Stoney Associates. NET was joined in the series undertaking by the University Council on Education for Public Responsibility. The 8 episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on film. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Production company:
National Educational Television and Radio Center
Producer:
Stoney, George C.
Producer:
Kaufman, Paul A.
Date:
April 19, 1964
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive > Metropolis: Creator or Destroyer?
Subjects:
Social Issues
Local Communities
Public Affairs
Extent:
00:29:29
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-pg1hh6d64f
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Notes:
Episode Number: 8