Zoning of America Euclid V. Ambler

Name: Zoning of America Euclid V. Ambler
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ISBN: 9780700616213

ISBN-10: 0700616217

ISBN-13: 9780700616213

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Allan Wolf

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When the Cleveland suburb of Euclid first zoned its land in 1922, the Ambler Realty Company was left with a sizable tract it could no longer sell for industrial use-and so the company sued. What emerged was the seminal zoning case in American history, pitting reformers against private property advocates in the Supreme Court and raising the question of whether a municipality could deny property owners the right to use their land however they chose. Michael Wolf's compelling account makes it clear that Euclid v. Ambler fundamentally altered the way our cities and suburbs are organized and cast a long shadow over subsequent cases such as the controversial Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 8/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594



Editors' Preface


Preface



Caught in a Snowstorm



Surveying and Populating the Western Reserve



On the Road to Zoning



From Gotham to Hamlet: Zoning Comes to Euclid



Defending a Plan for the Village of Euclid



Judgment Day



The Immediate Aftermath



Confronting the Consequences of Zoning in Action



Return to Euclid


Relevant Cases


Chronology


Bibliographical Essay


Index