| Titre | L'héritage morphologique de l'urbanisme français aux États-Unis | |
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| Auteur | Michael P. CONZEN | |
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Revue | Géocarrefour |
| Numéro | volume 77, no 2, 2002 | |
| Page | 161-173 | |
| Résumé anglais |
ABSTRACT French colonial town planning in North America seems today remote and vestigial, but it lingers in several important cities. The study of Detroit, New Orleans, Vincennes, and St. Louis throw a light on the early development decisions that their French builders made, greatly influenced by the poor colonial conditions and the local geographical situation ; neither 'grand plans', nor ronds points and diagonal boulevards are to be found, but a more or less ambitious grid enhancing the grand place. Although large-scale accidents and bulldozer planning have swept away most of the French legacy in the dynamic business cores of Detroit and St. Louis, these plans have provided the pattern of their later surburban growth and survive in central New Orleans and Vincennes. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geoca_1627-4873_2002_num_77_2_1568 |
