I’m quite thankful for this discussion, which I think is important and which invites reflection on my own work in ways that, I hope, will be productive for others. In conducting research for my book, Stalinist City Planning: Professionals, Performance, … Continue reading
The socialist version of the master plan is the general’nyi plan, or general plan (GenPlan for short). It is important to insist on terminology here. Socialist general plans—and the intimated processes required to instantiate them—differ measurably from so-called capitalist master … Continue reading
In the course of exploring the planning and architecture of any given city, scholars are often eager to reproduce an image of its Master Plan, if one is available. Such a document immediately offers the scholar’s audience a snapshot, bird’s-eye abstraction of … Continue reading
