Ott Stan (2 results)

Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. 43, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., photo illustrations, colour maps (some folding), text illustrations throughout. Black illustrated boards, photo illust. on front cover, & back cover, plastic comb binding as issued (minor shelfwear, slight bumping to couple corners), still VG copy, from the library of George Reed Volker (1925-2018), former World War II pilot, and urban planner in California, New York, and Washington State. First edition of this scarce Mid-20th-Century urban planning housing report issued as a result of the 1945 California Redevelopment Act, focusing on Stanislaus County, including Modesto, Ceres, Empire, Newman, Oakdale, Patterson, Riverbank, Turlock, & Keyes, CA. The study includes demographic and statistical maps with supporting photographs showing 20% slum housing in the Stanislaus County region, higher percentage of African-American and Latino populations, transient populations, higher rates of Tuberculosis, sexually transmitted Diseases, and poor children's hygiene, and high juvenile delinquency rates all contributing to "blight." This work outlines a number of steps and suggestions after surveying 37,000 dilapidated dewellings, with special impact of the construction of Highway 99 noted. Worldcat locates 7 copies; See: George Morrow, The Homeowner Revolution: Democracy, Land Use and the Los Angeles Slow-Growth Movement, 1964-1992 (2013).

Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. 72 pp. With photo illustrations, colour maps, text illustrations throughout. Gray illustrated limp covers, photo illust. on front cover, plastic comb binding as issued (minor shelfwear, slight bumping to couple corners), still VG copy, from the library of George Reed Volker (1925-2018), former World War II pilot, and urban planner in California, New York, and Washington State, w/ ownership stamp on upper right corner. First edition of this scarce Mid-20th-Century urban planning housing report issued as a result of the 1945 California Redevelopment Act, focusing on Stanislaus County, including sections on the environmental characteristics of blight, public-facility needs of blight, health and welfare costs of blight, police costs of blight and economic losses. This report encompasses a program to end blight. Worldcat locates 4 copies; See: George Morrow, The Homeowner Revolution: Democracy, Land Use and the Los Angeles Slow-Growth Movement, 1964-1992 (2013).